mandarin as global language?
By nawala
@nawala123 (20852)
Indonesia
December 4, 2018 12:23am CST
What language will replace English as international language in the next 100 year?
we know that china is the biggest country in the world and mandarin is a language which used by more than 1 million Chinese around the world.
can mandarin replace English as global language
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9 responses
@nawala123 (20852)
• Indonesia
4 Dec 18
may be yes may be. we have to watch china's economic growth
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@Mavic123456 (21898)
• Thailand
4 Dec 18
@nawala123 I don't think so I think it will still be English, most countries are used to speak in English good, bad, broken English at least in English. Most literature are also in English. Maybe if that will happen it is the end of the world.
@tech40 (23128)
• Philippines
4 Dec 18
So far there are 7.2 Billion people in the world right now, and most of those people know "English". I don't think they're gonna change it to another language because if they did then, there'll be a lot of fo things that they need to change. Especially a lot of books that been written to English and other important stuff like documents
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@tech40 (23128)
• Philippines
4 Dec 18
@nawala123 How do you know that English speaker is lesser than mandarin? English is for a worldwide or international language not just for a specific location.
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@nawala123 (20852)
• Indonesia
4 Dec 18
The top 30 languages by number of speakers and the countries and regions where they are officially spoken.
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@nawala123 (20852)
• Indonesia
4 Dec 18
actually the number of english speaker is lesser thank mandarin. but mandarin is for chinese, but english for many nations and countries.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
4 Dec 18
I think English will remain the global language. Mandarin is not an easy language to learn. I studied it a little bit, but I am only a beginner.
@nawala123 (20852)
• Indonesia
4 Dec 18
but one day when china is more thricing than now, more people gonna study it
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
4 Dec 18
@nawala123 It is possible to take Mandarin lessons in my country, but I don't think that they are we popular. I think that most people here think that it would be too hard to learn it, but no one knows what will happen in the future.
@nawala123 (20852)
• Indonesia
4 Dec 18
@Porcospino Less popular than English now
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@May2k8 (18049)
• Indonesia
4 Dec 18
@nawala123 but do we want our country to be controlled by China?
@nawala123 (20852)
• Indonesia
4 Dec 18
but china is the most thriving country. we should consider that
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@Barjeru (296)
• Vatican City State (Holy See)
4 Dec 18
@nawala123 I think you mean that Mandarin will ride the economic strength of PROC? That is true but just to a certain level only. If the chinese will control other countries' government because of unpaid loans, that can happen.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
4 Dec 18
Why not if its happen.
But it will be hard because English are languages in many countries like Australia and many European countries.
@nawala123 (20852)
• Indonesia
4 Dec 18
We know that china's exanding it's influence in the world now
@leny34 (8506)
• Sidoarjo, Indonesia
4 Dec 18
@nawala123 Yes, that is true,
I never thought of wanting to learn Mandarin ...
can you speak mandarin?
@nawala123 (20852)
• Indonesia
4 Dec 18
@leny34 no, even i have chinese blood. but not significant anymore
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@stine1online (835)
• Germany
6 Dec 18
Mandarin is very hard to learn that is why I believe that English will stay around a bit longer. It is relatively easy to learn and speak.
