現地の人は皆英語を話すの？って英語でなんて言うの？

▪Is English the only language that the local people of the Philippines speak? This is asking indirectly what other language the people speak in the Philippines. ▪Does all the local people in the Philippines speak English? This is asking if everyone in the Philippines can speak English.

"You're from Hong Kong, aren't you?" "Yes." "Well, why are you speaking English? You should be speaking Chinese, shouldn't you?" "Twenty years ago, the whole island spoke a lot of English every day. But that is changing now since China took back that territory." "But,does all the population know English there?" "Yes I think so. But that may change in the future."

Most countries, if not all, choose a language, or languages to be their national language or languages. The chosen language or languages then become the language or languages that people speak generally or openly. It is then expected of the majority of the local people to know how to speak the national language or languages. In most countries, English is usually one of the national languages. However, just to make sure, you may ask a teacher or a tourist from the Philippines as follows: Do all the local people in the Philippines speak English? or Is English the national language of the Philippines?

When one wants to know if a language is widely spoken in a country you may ask in the following ways; Is English one of the main languages? main language- A national language. Is English widely spoken? widely spoken- very commonly used You may also simply ask 'Do many people speak the language?' or ' Do all the locals understand English?'

If you are talking about where you live then you can ask 'your country' or when referring to the people there we refer to them as 'locals' If you know the country or want to know more about it then you can also mention the country itself (Phillippines)

Since it's unlikely that every, single one of the local people speaks English, you could say 'majority', which just means 'most' or something greater than half or 50%. You could also ask 'What is the approximate percentage of English speakers in the Philippines?'

I would use one of these phrases to ask your question because they are straightforward and should be easy for the other person to understand. When using "Does everyone speak English there?", "there" refers to the Philippines. The person you are asking should understand this if you are already talking about the Philippines in general. Otherwise, I would use the similar phrase: "Is English spoken by everyone in the Phllippines?" I hope this was helpful :)