Bilingualism, trilingualism and multilingualism

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As we all know language is a tool of conveying our thoughts and feelings or emotions. But nowadays this is not only a communication tool, it has become an inseparable part of our life. And there are innumerable languages in the whole world. But the first language(depends on where we are born) which we learn so far is our native language or we can say our mother language, and it is very easy for us to learn. But to merge with the world we have to learn more languages. Nowadays this is necessary to know more than at least two languages in any field.  

There are three terms which identify how many languages you know. 

Bilingualism 

Trilingualism

Multilingualism

Let's have a look…

Bilingualism 

Fluency in use of two languages

It is a phenomenon of speaking and understanding two languages. Nowadays it is very common to know more than one language. India is a diverse country and there are a total 23 (along with English) languages in India spoken  by people. Hindi and English are official and associated languages of India which connect all states in a one country. 

Gujarati + English 

દૂરદર્શન ~ Television 

મુલ્ય પત્રિકા ~ Bus ticket

ક્રીડાંગણ ~ Stadium, playground 

Hindi + English 

गमनागमन के साधन ~ Vehicle 

बीज-प्रश्न ~ seed question 

Marathi + Hindi 

आपले स्वागत आहे ~ आपका स्वागत है

तुझं नाव काय आहे? ~ तुम्हारा नाम क्या है?

These are the examples of knowing two languages. 

Trilingualism 

ability to speak or understand more than two languages 

Trilingualism is a phenomenon for the people who know more than two languages. Or we can say knowing at least three languages. 

English + Hindi + Gujarati 

Indian constitution ~ भारतीय संविधान ~ ભારતીય બંધારણ

English + Spanish + Dutch

Thank you ~ Gracias ~ Dank u

Slowly ~ Despacio ~ Langzaam

These are the examples of knowing three languages or more than two languages. Which are very useful to communicate with the world. 

Multilingualism

Ability to speak and understand more than three languages 

Multilingualism is a phenomenon for the people who can speak more than three languages. Let's see the examples..

Sorry ~ English 

Scusa ~ Italian 

क्षमस्व ~ Marathi

Lo siento ~ Spanish

Uxolo ~ Zulu

×××××××××××××

Welcome to my blog ~ English

Bienvenida a mi blog ~ Spanish

मेरो ब्लगमा स्वागत छ ~ Nepali

Benvenuti nel mio blog ~ Italian 

Thus, these three terms define our ability to speak languages.