>Pervasive foreign language illiteracy is a uniquely US phenomenon.
Depends on how you slice it:
http://www.laalmanac.com/LA/la10b.htm
According to Professor Vyacheslav Ivanov of UCLA, there are at least 224 identified languages in Los Angeles County. This does not include differing dialects. Professor Ivanov estimates that publications are locally produced in about 180 of these languages. Only 92 languages have been specifically identified among students of the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Language Spoken At Home by Individual Los Angeles Communities Persons 5 years and over City of Los Angeles, 2000 Census
* <http://www.laalmanac.com/LA/la10ba.htm>English & Northern European Languages
* <http://www.laalmanac.com/LA/la10bb.htm>Latin (Romance) & Southern European Languages
* <http://www.laalmanac.com/LA/la10bc.htm>Slavic & Indo European Languages
* <http://www.laalmanac.com/LA/la10bd.htm>Asian & Pacific Island Languages
* <http://www.laalmanac.com/LA/la10be.htm>Native North American, Arabic, African & Other Languages