| Multilingualism is the use of more than one language, either by an individual speaker or by a community of speakers. |
Multilingualism yikhono loku khuluma amalwimi ahlukene, isikhulumi kungaba umuntu oyedwa noma umphakathi. |
| It is believed that multilingual speakers outnumber monolingual speakers in the world's population. |
Kukholelwa ukuthi isibalo sabantu abakhuluma ngama lwimi ahlukahlukene baningi ukudlula isibalo sabantu abakhulumu ngolimu olodwa. |
| More than half of all Europeans claim to speak at least one language other than their mother tongue;nevertheless, many of these are monoscriptual. |
Kungaphezu kwenhlanu yabantu abaphuma phesheya eEurope bathi bona bakhuluma olunye ulwimi oluhlukile nolwimi lasekhaya; yingakho ke, iningi labo babizwa ngokuthi monoscriptual. |
| Multilingualism is becoming a social phenomenon governed by the needs of globalization and cultural openness. |
Ikhono lokukhuluma amalwimi ahlukene sekuyindlela emphakathini enesidingo mhlabawonke ngokwesiko oluvulekile. |
| 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. |
Ngenxa yobulula bokutholakala kwemfundo nge Internet, iningi labantu bathola ulwazi kalula ngamalimu ahlukene, loku futhi kubenza bafunde ngokuyongeza amanye amalwimi ngaphezulu. |
| People who speak several languages are also called polyglots. |
Abantu abakhuluma ngamalimu ahlukene babizwa ngokuthi polyglots. |
| Multilingual speakers have acquired and maintained at least one language during childhood, the so-called first language (L1). |
Abantu abakhuluma ngamalwimu ahlukahlukene bazithole bekwazi ukugcina ulwimi olulodwa la bakhulele khona, into ebizwa ngiokuthi wulimu lokuqala (L1). |
| The first language (sometimes also referred to as the mother tongue) is acquired without formal education, by mechanisms heavily disputed. |
Ulwimi lokuqala (phecelezi ulwimi olunceliwe ngebele lika mama) litholwa ungayanga esikoleni kodwa ke kuyamangaza. |
| Children acquiring two languages in this way are called simultaneous bilinguals. |
Izingane ezithole ukukhuluma amalwimi ahlukile ngasikhathi sinye babizwa ngokuthi bilinguals. |
| Even in the case of simultaneous bilinguals, one language usually dominates the other. |
Noma kwenzeka kutholakala kukhulunywa ngama limu ahlukene ngasikhathi sinye, ulimu olulodwa luba namandla ukudlula olunye. |
| People who know more than one language have been reported to be more adept at language learning compared to monolinguals. |
Abantu abakhuluma amalwimi ahlukahlukene kuthiwa bayajwayela kangcono ekufundeni kwolimu ukudlula uma sebalinganiswa nalabo abakhuluma ulwimi olodwa. |
| Additionally, bilinguals often have important economic advantages over monolingual individuals as bilingual people are able to carry out duties that monolinguals cannot, such as interacting with customers who only speak a minority language. |
Futhi, abakhuluma ngamalwimi ahlukile skhathi sinye bangcono ngokomnotho ngoba ikhono labo liba sebenzisa kangcono uma besiza abathengi. |
| Multilingualism in computing can be considered part of a continuum between internationalization and localization. |
Ukukhuluma ngamalimu ahlukile kweze computer kuba yingxenye ehlukanisa ngaphakathi internationalization futhi kanye localization. |
| Due to the status of English in computing, software development nearly always uses it (but see also Non-English-based programming languages), so almost all commercial software is initially available in an English version, and multilingual versions, if any, may be produced as alternative options based on the English original. |
Ngenxa yezinga lolwimi lwesiLungu kweze computer, ukukhanda kwe software cishe njalo (noma kungasilo ulwimi lesilungu), iziqephu zokuqala zama software asemakethe atholakala ngolwimi lwesiLungu, kulandele ulwimi oluhlukene, noma lukhona ukhetho kodwa kuqalwe ngolimu lwesiLungu kuqala. |
