Most influential languages in 2056

[Elta]

? As of 2056 which five languages do you think will be most influential in terms of people learning that language who are not from a country where it is spoken?

Before anyone ask: Yes a language making other languages in it's language group easyer to learn counts I.E. germen-english french-italian some more than others but being of the same group is a factor.

 

[Ultima Dragoon]

I'd say japanese, german, esperanto and chinese will be more important.

 

[Truronian]

English, just because Western culture is currently the most rampant. The other four... Chinese, Japanese, Portugese and Spanish.

 

[zanahoria]

We Americans are to stubborn to change so English, then Chinese, Hindi, Russian, and Spanish

 

[Ramius75]

English and Mandarin. or maybe Spanish or Portugese.
Japanese is just a fun language.

 

[CurtSibling]

Chinese and English will definitely be the most widespread.

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[Ultima Dragoon]

Japanese is just a fun language.

Hai, ramius-san. Boku wa Ultima Duragoon desu.

 

[Elta]

English,Spanish,Mandarin (aka the big chinese language) , portuguse and french or japanese depending on whether or not the former french territorys in Africa expand economicly or not.



Please be aware that words that I used to be able to spell are now hard for me to spell for some unknown reason ... perhaps I am suffering a mental breakdown

 

[Ramius75]

Hai, ramius-san. Boku wa Ultima Duragoon desu.

oh hi

but like i explained, most japanese cant really speak in other language other than their own, but the influence of the japanese economy is diminishing compare to the rise of China and India and other resources rich countries like south america and africa. Sooner or later, the Japanese will need to learn other languages to be able to adapt. Im interested in learning japanese becoz of the Anime and wanting to get a japanese wife hurhurhur

 

[Elta]

oh hi

but like i explained, most japanese cant really speak in other language other than their own, but the influence of the japanese economy is diminishing compare to the rise of China and India and other resources rich countries like south america and africa. Sooner or later, the Japanese will need to learn other languages to be able to adapt. Im interested in learning japanese becoz of the Anime and wanting to get a japanese wife hurhurhur

Yeah i thought about India to (especially because they have some 2 languages I think with over 150 million speakers) But, due to the fact that over 100 million people speak english in india and that it is used by there congress and what not I gave india's clout over to english.

On the other hand latin america with an average GDP of around 9,000 (EU is 26,000) a growing population combined with a possible All americas free trade agreement ( heavy U.S. investment in latin america) = Massive growth for the Portuguse and Spanish clout.
Let us not forget that Spanish and Portuguse are very very simmalar and learning one allows you to learn the other one extremly quickly.

 

[Tulkas12]

English, Spanish, Chineese. Pretty much ends there really.

The language of education is English, it will be a long while bfore this changes, just like it was a long while before it went form French to English.

 

[covok48]

English, Chinese (Mandarin), Japanese, German/French, Spanish

 

[nino.scibetta]

I'd say swahili, innuit and the sign language.
Oh, and french.

 

[aneeshm]

English , Chinese , Hindi - and that's about it .

 

[Simon Darkshade]

English, Spanish, Hindi.

 

[thetrooper]

Finnish and Hungarian.

Spoiler :

English, Chinese and Spanish

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

English, Spanish, and probably Arab. I didn't say Chinese for a few reasons. Now, there will be a lot of people speaking it, because there are a lot of people in China. However, either of the Chinese languages is hardly spoken outside of China, so in terms of an influential language, no.

 

[GoodSarmatian]

I'd say Hindi and Chinese are becoming increasingly important, but I don't know if they are easy to learn. I think this is an important factor.
One of the reasons why english is so widespread is because it's just so simple. Every idiot could learn it, while the french or russian grammar is much more complicatet.
I heard Japanese is easy too...

 

[Gr3yL3gion]

Mandarin, Hindi, Tamil, English, Arabic.

 

[Tycoon101]

English and many Asian languages...

BUT, what SORT of English? Formal non-slang English? Or the English that people speak on the streets? Or Australian English, or European English, or American English?