Is English more important than any other language how?

To start, let’s consider the status of English as a global language and look at how this came to be. Of these languages, Ethnologue reports that English is the most commonly-spoken language of all, and has the third highest number of first-language speakers in the world (behind Mandarin and Spanish).

How does language destroy a community?

The loss of language undermines a people’s sense of identity and belonging, which uproots the entire community in the end. Yes, they may become incorporated into the dominant language and culture that has subsumed them, but they have lost their heritage along the way.”

Do you think English will be replaced by another language?

Yes, sure! Especially if the world changes dramatically. But for the foreseeable future, it seems unlikely that another language will spread like a growing wave that eventually topples English, simply because English is already widely in use, with no new major geography to cover.

Will “English” ever stop being the global lingua franca?

So, my personal prediction is that by the time English is replaced as the global language it won’t be English anymore anyway: so “English” will never stop being the global lingua franca, because it will first cease to be English.

Will the use of English become less useful in the future?

The use of English as a highly convenient means of international communication is not likely to change in the foreseeable future. The relative power and influence of the United States and Britain will continue to decline. This will not, however, make English less useful, in my view.

Will Chinese become a preferred language of exchange around the world?

Yet the difficulty of writing Chinese characters, and the tonal nature of the language, make it unlikely the Chinese will become a preferred language of exchange around the world. To some, the widespread use of English is seen as advancing the political agenda of the English-speaking world.