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Old Posted Sep 24, 2019, 7:59 PM
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Originally Posted by MonkeyRonin View Post
It's a bit hard to define when, for example, here are the countries where English is an official language (but non-majority language, in the case of the light blue):




Versus countries by the actual percentage of the population with knowledge of English:





Personally, I would define an English-speaking place as one where English is the most commonly spoken language. In which case Johannesburg would fit the bill. The other big African cities in "English" countries like Nigeria and Sudan would not though, as they aren't actually predominantly English-speaking, nor are any in South or Southeast Asia.

Under that definition, Johannesburg is indeed the 4th/5th largest Anglo city in the world after New York, Los Angeles, London, and maybe/maybe not Chicago.
By your criteria, Nigeria and Pakistan are more English-speaking than South Africa.
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