Only the English language is alive Finns and Dutch know English well. therefore, they are richer than the Swedes, the British and the French I think that rich Dutch people know English no worse than Dutch do you agree
I might agree if I understood what you meant. And yes, I'm quite aware of the irony since your thread is about language! Are you arguing that countries in which English as a second language is more common are richer? In which case, how did the British miss the mark?
The reason why English is taking over because everybody does commerce with the US and UK. Not everybody does commerce with Mexico, Spain or Argentina.
It will be yuans soon. I see the crypto currencies of the commercially insane are crumbling via the use of better AI which distorts the reality of one's existence. It won't be long before the only reality will be what to think by vested interests that promise the best with clauses attached. Seriously fascinating subject for those younger than me to solve. The only truth is that you will never know it.
...Australia, New Zealand South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya...in fact most of the southern African countries.....
in the 19th century, France and the French language dominated in the 22nd century there will be another language many languages will die
English language appeal might lie in the fact that it is composed of a conglomerate of almost all the other Western languages. Additionally: the British empire was the largest (including unification of India); USA and Canada are a hugely influential block (Philippines and to a lesser extent Japan and South Korea, Hawaii). Final nail in the linguistic coffin are that Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore play a role in consolidating the emphatic geographic globalization of English in Asia and the Pacific. There is probably even more I've left out but that'll do.
Agree in the sense that while teaching german and french and italian have waxed and waxed, english is still a strong second language taught around the world.
These are the most spoken languages in the world English – 1,121 million speakers. ... Mandarin Chinese – 1,107 million speakers. ... Hindi – 698 million speakers. ... Spanish – 512 million speakers. ... French – 284 million speakers. ... Arabic – 273 million speakers. ... Bengali – 265 million inhabitants. ... Russian – 258 million speakers. Source: https://lingua.edu/the-20-most-spoken-languages-in-the-world-in-2022/
all countries that know English well are rich the exception is the Netherlands they know english better, but they are poorer than northern europe
Here it states Mandarin is spoken by 929 million but Spanish only by 475 million: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_total_number_of_speakers
English is not a mix of the other languages, it shares a common root with them. It is no different in this regard than French, German, Italian, etc.
Actually, if you look at the history and structure of English language it is indeed a 'mixture' - moreso than the languages that you mentioned; and, additionally, sharing various common root(s) with these languages. This is a great series on topic if you're interested.
judging by the European Union, the German and French languages are still alive in Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine Ukrainians already learn German, not Russian and Crimean Tatar in Kiev is definitely dying, or Gagauz