>Multilingualism is one of the founding principles that make Europe unique.
Polyglot multinational polities are hardly new and definitely not unique. There are several current examples that far outpace the EU's myriad tongues
>While India has 22 separate official languages , it is home to a total of 121 languages and 270 mother tongues.
>There are over 800 languages spoken in Indonesia according to the 2010 census.