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Top 10 European Countries by English Proficiency

Name the countries in Europe with the highest % of people who can speak English, either as a native or additional language.

According to Wikipedia
Also see European countries with the most English speakers
Quiz by Quizmaster - Jun 01, 2017

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SundarIsaacs

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level 58

Jun 2, 2017

Maltaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh

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Phil05

level 44

Jun 9, 2017

Got Malta after remembering it is a former British colony.

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DrWatson

level 57

Sep 5, 2017

Fun fact, Malta voted to join the UK as a constituent country, but later became independent anyway.

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Somequiztaker

level 66

Sep 19, 2017

Aaaaaustriaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!

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Jarl5

level 55

Sep 19, 2017

Nothing to do with your comment, but as happy as I am that comment likes are now a thing, I'm sad that only comments on new quizzes will ever get likes. Kalbahamut had some great ones I'd "like" to find and "like".

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mf3

level 74

Jun 2, 2017

Not Iceland? Who else speaks Icelandic??

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QRU

level 61

Jun 4, 2017

Danish is a common second language in in Iceland.

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mahble

level 50

Sep 19, 2017

I like Icelandic even though I don't speak it. Just saying Eyjafjallajokull impresses people :)

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Malbaby

level 63

Jun 3, 2017

I am continually amazed at the abilities of some Nations to speak other languages, I have Dutch and German friends that speak English as well as any English people, better than some. Not just correct, but using regional jargon as well.

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divantilya

level 40

Jun 9, 2017

If you are surrounded by countries that speak different languages, you tend to have the language taught to you in school. The ad- vantage (or, in reality, the disadvantage) of being born in the United States is that we are surrounded by "countries" (read states) that speak English. Even so, some states are advanced enough to require the teaching of foreign languages in their High School and Colleges/Universities.

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tshalla

level 59

Jun 9, 2017

I think there's also a significant difference between countries whose dominant languages aren't usually dubbed over English-language tv and movies. Dubbing does nothing to teach language; subtitling does lots.

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Carry

level 58

Jun 12, 2017

As for Germany pretty much everything is dubbed. I like to watch movies in English though (if that's the original language of the movie) because it feels more authentic to me. This and chatting with foreigners in English probably improved my English. I mean I wasn't bad at school but learning or improving a language through something you enjoy is way easier and more efficient.

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ander217

level 72

Sep 19, 2017

We had to take a foreign language in my high school back in the '60s, and I took two years of Spanish. However, I can remember very little of it now. Even my daughter who majored in French, did study abroad in France, and has vacationed there more than once now has trouble remembering the language. I have a friend who grew up in Germany but has been in the US over twenty years. She says she is losing some of her native language. I think with language it holds true, "Use it or lose it."

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Yanni47

level 53

Sep 19, 2017

After my first 30 years in Germany, I've been living the last 12 years or so in the UK. Luckily I still have a habit of talking to myself a lot in my native language, so I never forget it. :)

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pkerr116

level 66

Sep 19, 2017

I work internationally on a fairly constant basis. My experience is consistent with these statistics, although it is hard for me to imagine who the 10% of Dutch are who are not English proficient. Damn near 100%, if you ask me. And much higher in Germany and Austria. Yes, I have observers' bias, because I generally am in contact with other businesspeople or folks at airports/restaurants/hotels or other service providers that generally will have contact with English speakers. But, pretty much, English is so invasive due to the cultural impact of the US, even those who are not 'proficient' have a decent working knowledge.

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Jerry928

level 69

Jun 3, 2017

Only 98% in the UK? That means there over a million people in the UK who cannot speak English even as an additional language.

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alburquirky

level 55

Jun 6, 2017

Mostly recent immigrants

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Slicri

level 15

Jun 9, 2017

Maybe some Welsh too.

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ruftytufty

level 56

Aug 8, 2017

to whom everyone else is a recent immigrant...

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Tramp

level 65

Sep 19, 2017

If there are any Welsh people who can't speak English, the numbers must be in the double figures at most. I was born in Wales and spent the first 21 years of my life there, but have never met anybody who can only speak Welsh.

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Aesthus

level 47

Sep 19, 2017

Don't forget Scottish Gaelic - although admittedly, if you know Scottish Gaelic but don't know English and you live in the U.K., you're not going to fare too well.

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fitheach

level 51

Sep 25, 2017

I met one Welsh person who couldn't speak English, and that was in 1995 and she was very old at that point. She was a rarity even then. I seriously doubt there is more than a handful of monoglot Welsh speakers these days, if any at all.

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Geoboy9090

level 21

Jun 9, 2017

obviously UK

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obmeb

level 43

Aug 28, 2017

for some quirky reason of my own I missed united kingdom?

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DrWatson

level 57

Sep 5, 2017

Surprised not to see France on this list.

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Malbaby

level 63

Sep 19, 2017

I'm not.

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jajaco2017

level 47

Sep 19, 2017

they only like to speak french

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ManuB

level 63

Sep 19, 2017

Being French myself, I’m not surprised at all.

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Kiotasayo

level 32

Sep 19, 2017

De même.

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jmellor13

level 55

Sep 19, 2017

Parisians usually speak English, but it is much less common in the rest of the country.

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jajaco2017

level 47

Sep 19, 2017

only 98% in Great Britain ???

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Aesthus

level 47

Sep 19, 2017

Well, it's better than the rate in the U.S. Very few people speak Native American these days.

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divantilya

level 40

Sep 19, 2017

NATIVE American? - Do you mean Navajo, Cherokee, Cree, Mohican or some other?

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Jorissie

level 52

Sep 19, 2017

Actually missed UK because I thought it was "besides the UK"..

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scrumpyone

level 35

Sep 19, 2017

Same here. Doh...must read the question!

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ingriddurden

level 55

Sep 19, 2017

I am now a US citizen but originally from Belgium. We studied 4 languages in school and I studied Italian later on. Love it.

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stankyC

level 54

Sep 20, 2017

Would really love to see the figures for the microstates: Monaco, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, San Marino, and the Vatican (all 600 priests that live there or whatever). Kinda surprised none of them made the list.

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