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200 million people speak Swahili.

39 million people speak Polish, and most of those also speak English or another more common language.

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You could say the same about Dutch to be fair. 90-95% speak English - I bet that's way higher than in Poland.
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As an American, my perspective is that Dutch people speak better English than a large percentage of English people and Americans.
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Swahili is subcontinental lingua franca spoken by 200M people and growing quickly. Polish is spoken by a shrinking population in one country where English is understood anyways.
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