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The support to independence is strongly correlated with the person’s origins, although of course not a direct 100% correlation it is very clear that most Catalans of origin support the independence, those of foreign origin mostly support unionism and those with mixed parents have a mix of opinions regarding independence.This data is available in the survey done by the Spanish Official Sociological Investigations Center, CIS, (which according to the answer of Mr. Matt Ledding must be a racist organism… (!)), previous to the Catalan elections of 2015. They asked people about their origins:Both parents CatalanBoth parents from other placesMixed parentsand about the language usually spoken at home:CatalanSpanish, both Catalan and Spanish equally, or otherand about their national feeling and their voting intention. When putting the data together we get the following statistics:% of the voting census by origin and usually spoken language:1st column: Both parents Catalan and Catalan as usual home language2nd column: Mixed parents, Catalan as usual home language3rd column: Mixed parents, Spanish or both as usual home language4th column: Both parents foreign, Spanish or other as usual home languageso as you see there are already more citizens in Catalonia from both foreign parents than Catalans from both Catalan parents. And among those of mixed parents, the majority speak Spanish or both as usual home language.National feeling by origin and usually spoken languageI hope the titles of the columns (origin and usual language) are understandable.1st line: Feels only Spanish2nd line: Feels more Spanish than Catalan3rd line: Feels equally Spanish and Catalan4th line: Feels more Catalan than Spanish5th line: Feels only CatalanVoting intention by origin and usually spoken languageThe different parties are shown in each line, their position regarding independence was:Junts pel Sí: Pro-independencePSC: Pro-more autonomy within SpainPP: UnionistCiutadans: UnionistUnió (UDC): UnionistCatalunya Sí que es Pot: supports recognition of the right to self-determinationCUP: Pro-independencethe correlation is pretty clear, most people of Catalan origin support the independence and unionism is mainly supported by people with foreign origins and by those who while having mixed parents have Spanish as their usual language.It’s sad that a nation has to lose its identity and national rights because of having welcomed people from other places. With all respect to the immigrants, it seems clear that without those waves of immigration the support to independence today would be something like 80% or more, and with such a social support it would be practically imposible to stop an actual process of independence (it’s also true that we can not know what the economical situation of Catalonia would be, since all those immigrants have contributed to its progress).Some may say that that has also happened elsewhere, native Americans lost their country to the immigrants, native Australians also lost their country to the immigrants and so on. These are indeed also very sad cases but a big difference is that these cases were the result of conquers and invasions. Catalonia on the other hand welcomed all those immigrants peacefully, it’s not that the immigrants invaded Catalonia, but rather Catalonia opened its doors to them so they could find a better life than they apparently expected in their homelands. And now by having been a welcoming land, Catalans find themselves as a minority and forced to accept what the majority of immigrant-origin citizens want.http://www.cis.es/cis/export/sites/default/-Archivos/Marginales/3100_3119/3108/es3108mar.pdfhttps://vozparalela.es/analisis/encuestas-en-tiempos-revueltos/los-abuelos-andaluces-tambien-votan-en-las-elecciones-catalanas

South Africans are a heterogeneous, multicultural and multilingual group of people with 12 official languages (if you include English sign language). Most South Africans are multi-lingual - meaning they are able to speak at least 2 or more languages. Purely based on the number of home language speakers, the languages from 1 to 3 are:Zulu (± 25% home language)Xhosa (±14.8% home language)Afrikaans (±12.2% home language)Many might be surprised to discover that English only came in at no 6 at (8.1% home language speakers) but it is the most common 2nd language (General Household Survey, 2018 by Stats SA[1])(Source - Wikipedia[2])All language speakers are not evenly distributed across SA. If you are speaking to a South African then the most likely home language to speak will depend on which province you are in:Western Cape - AfrikaansNorthern Cape - AfrikaansKwa-Zulu Natal - ZuluEastern Cape - XhosaLimpopo - North Sotho/SepediNorth West - TshwanaFree State - SesothoMpumalanga - Swazi, Tsonga, Zulu, PediGauteng is a bit more complicated - being the financial and business hub of the country it has a fair mix (Map below courtesy of GCRO [3] )If you find yourself in Johannesburg then English would not be a bad choiceIf you find yourself in Pretoria then Afrikaans would not be a bad choiceSouth Africa also happens to have a number of immigrants from other countries with strong ex-pat communities. So there are lots of other spoken languages.So which languages should you learn before coming to visit?Unlikely that you can learn all, or become fluent in even 1 unless you spend a few months practising beforehand.Some of the languages are complex:By way of illustration German has 3 noun classes - der (masculine), die (feminine) and das (neuter). Sepedi (Northern Sotho) has 11 distinct classes.Some have sounds which you might find difficult to pronounce.Keep in mind:Your travel plans and the places you want to visit - Generally speaking you should be able to get by in English, or if you are a bit more adventurous you can learn to greet and some key phrases in:ZuluXhosaAfrikaansIf you want to understand the street lingo you need to learn a bit of slang (which can be a mix of anything):Travellers guide to South African Slang[4]18 South African Slang Words And Phrases You Should Know[5]A Beginner's Guide to Speaking South African Slang[6]Things to know:South Africans are generally very friendly and hospitable but that does not mean you can walk into dangerous places by yourselfMany South Africans have a complex relationship with time - you need to understand the difference between present time, right now, now, now-now and just now[7](note infographic)And lastly, no, we don’t know your friend <insert name here> from Nigeria. 😉Enjoy your trip.Footnotes[1] http://www.statssa.gov.za/publications/P0318/P03182018.pdf[2] Languages of South Africa - Wikipedia[3] The spoken diversity of Gauteng[4] A Traveller’s Guide to South African Slang |[5] 18 South African Slang Words And Phrases You Should Know[6] A Beginner's Guide to Speaking South African Slang[7] South African Time explained: Just Now versus Now Now.

Not too difficult to Google this statistic: English most common home language in Singapore, bilingualism also up: Government survey“It shows 36.9 per cent of residents aged five and older use English most often at home against 34.9 per cent for Mandarin.Five years ago, it was the reverse: 35.6 per cent said Mandarin was their most-used language at home while 32.3 per cent used English most frequently.”Statistics Singapore does the language survey regularly as it will impact the education policies and drive the “Speak Mandarin” or “Speak Good English” campaigns etc.As for the local Chinese dramas, Mediacorp might not have release the falling rate as compared to the media reporting how popular a Korean drama is, in Singapore. Foreign dramas are subtitled in English and Chinese too, so, even when we don't speak Mandarin at home, we are good at recognising the words, which the current school curriculum is doing, to help us recognise the words even if we don't speak often. Or was it to learn to speak without knowing the characters? Either way.Not sure why you had picked “Singaporean” Chinese dramas only, there's also “Local” English/Malay/Tamil dramas. I watched some of the local dramas when I have the time, but the storyline doesn't attract me as much as Korean dramas, plus I can catch them online whenever wherever I Like, and not just “toggle” to painstakingly find one Local drama for the replay.Hope it helps answer your questions!