major global language?

[Randy]

Will another language replace English as the major global language? If so, how long will it take? Which language will be the next global language?

 

[alv4]

I really don't think. English is like the Universal Language and everyone wants to learn it.

Spanish tho, is largely spoken on America (the continent) and Europe.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

I'd say Spanish as well. Its probably the next most widely used across the world.

 

[alv4]

I'd say Spanish as well. Its probably the next most widely used across the world.

Even in the US.

 

[Smiley]

Klingonese!

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

Even in the US.

Especially in the part where I live.

 

[Webster]

Will another language replace English as the major global language? If so, how long will it take? Which language will be the next global language?

Nope.

English is about the closest thing to a universal language humanity has.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

Nope.

English is about the closest thing to a universal language humanity has.

...and yet its crazy how many people live in English speaking countries and cannot even speak the language.

 

[Webster]

...and yet its crazy how many people live in English speaking countries and cannot even speak the language.

Case in point: Appalachia.

 

[DrLeftover]

Case in point: Appalachia.

I'll see your WV, and raise you one Boston.

 

[Webster]

I'll see your WV, and raise you one Boston.

Point taken, though for me its' NC (the mountain part, that is) and not WV.

 

[DrLeftover]

True that, and then on into TN from there as well.

And remember what they say about England. If you drive an hour in any direction you can't understand what anybody is saying when you get there.

 

[Kyng]

Probably, at some point - simply because 'forever' is a very long time.

But it won't in the foreseeable future, and I have no idea what the eventual replacement would be.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

And remember what they say about England. If you drive an hour in any direction you can't understand what anybody is saying when you get there.

Never heard that one before but it does make sense

Where I live, drive an hour in any direction and you'll feel like you're in the exact same place. Every city looks the same, same stores, same stuff to do, same everything.