I bet many Britannians are multilingual, especially those who are assigned to different "areas". Though I see English, since it's quite a very common language, as their mother tongue.
In Philippine history, the Spanish conquerors learned the country's dialects in order to colonize the natives, but they never taught them Spanish for fear of the Filipinos learning their secrets and rising up against them.
Hawaii could be of some use to the Britannian Empire. Perhaps they colonized it too, but we can't be too sure. I mean, for example, in the map of Britannia with all the arrows pointing to its colonies, one arrow points to the Philippines, so it's assumed that they're also part of the empire. But in one episode, they mentioned expanding there. (I blame poking around Wikipedia for this)
...off-topic, but I really want to know the number given to the Philippines. I know, I know, I'm being quite patriotic. XD
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In Philippine history, the Spanish conquerors learned the country's dialects in order to colonize the natives, but they never taught them Spanish for fear of the Filipinos learning their secrets and rising up against them.
Hawaii could be of some use to the Britannian Empire. Perhaps they colonized it too, but we can't be too sure. I mean, for example, in the map of Britannia with all the arrows pointing to its colonies, one arrow points to the Philippines, so it's assumed that they're also part of the empire. But in one episode, they mentioned expanding there. (I blame poking around Wikipedia for this)
...off-topic, but I really want to know the number given to the Philippines. I know, I know, I'm being quite patriotic. XD