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Anonymous  +  191681 Thu, 02 Feb 06 05:19 AM

Hi everyone,

I have read an article which predicted English will be the global language inevitably. Are there any different opinions?
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YIYI  +  191714 Thu, 02 Feb 06 07:26 AM

hi,i read your topic,i think english has become  the most useful language now.That's why many ppls learn it~

i think in the next years,language chinese and Arabic will play more impotant role~Spanish is probably the most useful domestically. If you want to work for the government, Arabic might be useful. And if you want to do international business in the next few decades then Chinese will probably be the language of choice.

that's my opinionSmile [:)]
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YoungCalifornian  +  191730 Thu, 02 Feb 06 08:31 AM
Do you mean "global language" in the sense of a global first language?  If that's the case, then I certainly don't think that it's inevitable that there will be only one global language, be it English or any other language.  If that narrow definition is not what you meant by "global language", then I would answer that English is already a global language.
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rishonly  +  192934 Sun, 05 Feb 06 08:41 PM
 Anonymous wrote:

Hi everyone,

I have read an article which predicted English will be the global language inevitably. Are there any different opinions?

Since businesses and corporations tend to expand around world countries, I believe English will become a global language soon.
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Ville_maddengurl, 3 yr 294 days ago
i think its already global...
Ogre, 3 yr 293 days ago
I dont think that Chinese will be global anyway.
Ville_maddengurl, 3 yr 293 days ago
ummm...
Iavor, 3 yr 293 days ago
  It's bound to be, I have a presentiment. Chinese is too tought a language to become international.
Lazarus  +  193451 Mon, 06 Feb 06 11:36 PM
 Iavor wrote:
  It's bound to be, I have a presentiment. Chinese is too tought a language to become international.


I actually agree with this to some extent.  As long as English-speaking nations are players worldwide, Chinese will not take global root.  The average Westerner cannot handle the language with any competence.

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