As we all know, English is, for better or worse, the dominant global language right now and for the foreseeable future. But eventually this dominance will end, and some other language will dominate. I don't believe this new language will overtake English in our lifetimes, though.
My guess is Mandarin, because the Chinese are planning for long-term domination (on many levels - economic, politics, research, military, etc) like no other country.
FWIW, English/French/German are still the most studied in Europe, while Spanish and French are the most studied in the USA. Even in India, German, Spanish, and French appear to be the most popular outside of English.
What is the next global lingua franca and why?
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Re: What is the next global lingua franca and why?
New creoles like Cityspeak or Nadsat or an emergent language of the Instrumentality. Because language changes in use.
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Re: What is the next global lingua franca and why?
No, you got it all wrong.
It'll be Finnish. Book it.
It'll be Finnish. Book it.
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Re: What is the next global lingua franca and why?
According to Nicholas Ostler, The Last Lingua Franca, after English machine translation will be the next lingua franca. There's also a video series about this on YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=a0-ck7Ns2fA.
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Re: What is the next global lingua franca and why?
Newspeak.
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Re: What is the next global lingua franca and why?
I’m guessing AI will either merge with humans or replace us a few decades from now. It will not communicate in what we’d recognize as language.
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Googletranslatish
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Assembly / machine code. I for one welcome our computer overlords
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Re: What is the next global lingua franca and why?
‘I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.’ -- Albert Einstein somebody-or-other.
Similarly, I don't know what the next global lingua franca will be, but it will be written in mud with sticks.
Similarly, I don't know what the next global lingua franca will be, but it will be written in mud with sticks.
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