<P> Multilingualism is the use of more than one language , either by an individual speaker or by a community of speakers . It is believed that multilingual speakers outnumber monolingual speakers in the world 's population . More than half of all Europeans claim to speak at least one language other than their mother tongue ; nevertheless , many of these are monoscriptual . Multilingualism is becoming a social phenomenon governed by the needs of globalization and cultural openness . Owing to the ease of access to information facilitated by the Internet , individuals ' exposure to multiple languages is becoming increasingly frequent , thereby promoting a need to acquire additional languages . People who speak several languages are also called polyglots . </P>
<P> Multilingualism is the use of more than one language , either by an individual speaker or by a community of speakers . It is believed that multilingual speakers outnumber monolingual speakers in the world 's population . More than half of all Europeans claim to speak at least one language other than their mother tongue ; nevertheless , many of these are monoscriptual . Multilingualism is becoming a social phenomenon governed by the needs of globalization and cultural openness . Owing to the ease of access to information facilitated by the Internet , individuals ' exposure to multiple languages is becoming increasingly frequent , thereby promoting a need to acquire additional languages . People who speak several languages are also called polyglots . </P>
a person who speaks several languages is called
a person who speaks several languages is called
polyglots
polyglots