Will Spanish become like a 2nd International Language of the world? (learners, place)
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I know English is by far the most important and it won't be replaced any time soon, but I think that it will become the type of language that will come in handy. I think for example, if there's two people with no common language speaking to each other, they would normally use English. BUT, what if the people didn't know English? I think maybe Spanish would become the alternative language of choice in the world.
Yes, I know Spanish is spoken in mostly poor 3rd world developing countries and it's little known outside of the americas, but their economies are growing, and there is about 500 million people who speak Spanish across 23 different countries. I think that's a lot of countries and a lot of people.
This is the short version of another video I uploaded and it explains a little more things in depth. Don't criticize so harshly, I am still learning how to improve making and editing videos. Feel free to comment watch, share or whatever.
Yea but why do you think that? Did you see my video? Chinese is the most spoken language by far, but it's not very widely spoken, just mainly in Continental China and Taiwan, I think also Singapore but that's about it. Not trying to bag on the language, I'm actually studying it myself, but Chinese needs to be spoken in other countries for it to become an alternative language. You know as in actually be spoken in the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Australia.
A language becomes international when a country where it's spoken is influential in terms of economy, culture and science. Due to these reasons English is the 'default' language of the world, as French was in the 19th century and Latin centuries ago. Spanish has more or less the same status of Arab: a widely spoken language in many countries, but with an influence restricted to a determined region.
I think Chinese is more likely to become a second international 'lingua franca', since the entire world depends on the chinese economy and the vast majority of the people in China don't speak English.
A language becomes international when a country where it's spoken is influential in terms of economy, culture and science. Due to these reasons English is the 'default' language of the world, as French was in the 19th century and Latin centuries ago. Spanish has more or less the same status of Arab: a widely spoken language in many countries, but with an influence restricted to a determined region.
I think Chinese is more likely to become a second international 'lingua franca', since the entire world depends on the chinese economy and the vast majority of the people in China don't speak English.
Problem is, hardly anyone can write their language. It's a challenge that most foreign language learners get scared off with. Not me, but I have unusual interests, so it helps
I was thinking that. But how? Isn't there more people who speak Spanish?
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