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<< The big three EU languages, ENGLISH GERMAN AND FRENCH. DUH! >>
The post question was asking about which single language, not languages. DUH!
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<<Sorry but Galician or Portuguese are spoken in the westernmost part of continental Europe >>
Uhh, no, Icelandic
Continental I said!
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English then, because it's your best bet for getting around without problems. Besides, it's the most used of all 3 in the European institutions and stuff, despite the official recognition of the others.
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in accordance with the number of people who speaks a specific language, german is the msot spoken language in the western europe!
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I don't see why you say that french has some germanic influence?
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English
because one of the richest countries in Europe uses it (Ireland)
and because GB is one of the most important countries in the world.
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Honestly, it has to be German, hands down:
- more native speakers than any other language in Europe
- spoken only in Europe
- majority language in four states (incl. Lichtenstein)
- spoken by minorities in ten other nations
- last but nost least, Germany is the only country with a big culture in BOTH wine and beer, what else is needed to qualify as the heart of Europe?
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<<- last but nost least, Germany is the only country with a big culture in BOTH wine and beer, what else is needed to qualify as the heart of Europe? >>
Hell YEAH.Say no more! German it is!
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Hebrew should be the official language of Europe. In Germany it should even replace German as a spoken language. It's only fair.
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<<Hebrew should be the official language of Europe. In Germany it should even replace German as a spoken language. It's only fair. >>
I don't think that's necessary
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*When one glances at the birthrates... Arabic.
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With Esperanto you got 'em all.
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<< *When one glances at the birthrates... Arabic. >>
That's what I worry about. Low native birth rates + high immigration w/ high birth rates = Trouble for Europe. Euro culture, tradition and values will be a risk unless this trend is curbed. Anyone from Europe agree? I'm not against immigration, but I am against such a potentially fatal demographic change in this very important area of civilization. I guess if the most of immigrants children become "Europeanized" then it's less of a problem, but I'm not sure they do. Or am I wrong?
I just hope immigration doesn't continue where the Arab and Ottoman invasions left off. Ya know what I mean?
<< With Esperanto you got 'em all. >>
Not fake languages.
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<< I don't see why you say that french has some germanic influence? >>
Seeing that the Franks were a Germanic people, how could there not be some Germanic infuence?
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