Most influential languages in 2056

[Elta]

Completely false assumption. If there are still people who speak French in Quebec after 250 years of English language domination in North America, then I really fail to see how all languages in the world could disappear in 50 years.

Oh of course not even thou there are only 4.6 million people in Norway and only 4.6 first language Norwegian speakers (wiki facts don't quote me)
In 500 years everyone in Norway will speak Norwegian, but who knows every kid in that country could end up knowing english just as well average american by 6th grade (according to some of my Norwegian friends they allready do)

Now accoring to most linguist agree that over 50% of the worlds languages will die out before the end of this century. Why? well most of them are languages with less 100,000 speakers in places like the Ivory Coast where there are 50% languages and few with more than 5% of the population speaking it.
So the government of the Ivory Coast decides to teach school in french.
This alone will not eliminate native languages but coupled with more people getting TVs and what not.
French is going to see huge growth and inturn eliminate a few languages while it's at it.

 

[Mirc]

English, German, Spanish, Portugese, Chinese. But I intend to live and see myself.

BTW I will bump this thread in 2056 to tell you all what the truth will be.

 

[silver 2039]

English, Mandarian, Spanish, and Hindi.

However I hope English remains dominant forever, and ever, and ever. I hate learning new languages nor will I ever learn a new language no matter what. So bollocks.

 

[Marla_Singer]

However I hope English remains dominant forever, and ever, and ever. I hate learning new languages nor will I ever learn a new language no matter what. So bollocks.

Should I conclude from this that you will live forever and ever and ever ?

Cause well, dominations of languages usually last longer than one's human average life.

 

[luiz]

English, Spanish and Mandarin.
Why not Hindi? Because Indians already speak English.

I'll continue to talk in Portuguese to the rest of South Americans, though

 

[Cannae]

Pig Latin!!!!!!!!!and don't froget Elvin!!!!

 

[Fox Mccloud]

But you can make any language use Pig Latin, not just English.

English, German, Spanish, Portugese, Chinese. But I intend to live and see myself.

BTW I will bump this thread in 2056 to tell you all what the truth will be.

It would be awesome if this site lasts that long. I guess you'd have to put it in your favorites. I wonder how many pages there will be on OT then....

 

[kalif]

spanish. btw, will there be a time, when spanish is the official us american language?

 

[Mastreditr111]

English, Spanish, Portugese, and French
-Mandarin is extremely hard to learn, and most Chinese get edu. in a foreign language
- English- spoken in large swaths of world already, will continue to be so
- the other three are all spoken in large, heavily populated parts of the post-colonial world, and those parts are expanding economically

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

spanish. btw, will there be a time, when spanish is the official us american language?

Given that a) the children of Hispanic immigrants are learning English and that b) English was never made the official language, even though it is our de facto national language, I would have to say no.