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The upcoming Union of South American Nations
South America is beginning to integrate into a union modeled on the EU. This will be good for the region internally and internationally. It could become a major economic power in the future if all goes well. The main languages are of couse Spanish and Portuguese.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_American_Union
Good news. If they have the sufficient intelligence to lead this process as the european union did,this region can be of great influence in the world. But for the time being they have to solve a lot of problems. Hopefully languages are not going to be the problem because both spanish and portuguese are mutually intelligible with little effort. Of course i see english and dutch are official as well and i want them to be respected as i want spanish and portuguese to be respected in other parts.
Long live to UNASUR or UNASUL que tanto monta monta tanto.
<<Where will you put the capital of South American Union?>>
Rio De Janiero
The Capital is Quito, Ecuador.
BTW, It's called Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) Mexico has nothing to do with it as it is linked to North America, a Latin American Union will never happen.
That's interesting. UNASUR will be the 4th most important economic group), after NAFTA, European Union and ASEAN (not including Japan, India, and China). So, you can see that Spanish is official in all of them, but ASEAN.
I don't know if you have mental problems or drug problems.
Anyway, there is an important point that you can't change: Spanish is official in NAFTA, European Union and UNASUR, the most important economic Western groups in the World. ASEAN, China, India and Japan have Asiatic languages as official (Malay-Indonesian, Chinese, Hindi, and Japanese respectively). In some of them, English is also official. In short, after English, Spanish is the most important language: It is official in 3 important economic groups.
<<In short, after English, Spanish is the most important language: It is official in 3 important economic groups.>>
Wishful thinking...After English, French is the most important. Only Hispanic fanatics say otherwise.
Sorry but there is not room for English in the South American Union. English is necessary when there are dozens of languages like in Europe, but it's not the case of South America, where there are two languages only, Spanish and Portuguese, and also these two are mutually intelligible to a very high degree.
Such arguments are largely meaningless. After English, there really are no true "world languages," although there may be important regional languages. If you're anywhere in the former USSR then chances are the second most important foreign language after English would probably be Russian. Spanish is obviously an important language in South America, but it isn't in Asia... Chinese is an important language in Asia, but not in South America.
Spanish is important in Americas, Europe and North Africa. It also has some presence in Philipines.
I don't know how one can say Spanish is important in Europe with a straight face, when it isn't spoken outside of Spain. Seriously...And the Philippines?! Come on...The native speakers there have died off. French has a far more significant status in North Africa too.
<<Sorry but there is not room for English in the South American Union. English is necessary when there are dozens of languages like in Europe, but it's not the case of South America, where there are two languages only, Spanish and Portuguese, and also these two are mutually intelligible to a very high degree.>> English is necessary if South Americans want to experience anything close to prosperity. Besides, it is already an official language in UNASUR. It's really just a matter of time before Spanish is replaced in South America just like it was in the Philippines...
The ONLY reason English is an official language of UNASUR is because Guyana is a member state. Guyana's official language is English. So if it weren't for that, there isn't a chance in a million English would be official in a region dominated by 2 powerful world languages.
Official languages of Mercosur are : Spanish, Portuguese and Quechua. English no understand, sorry.
The offical languages will obviously be Spanish, Portugese, Dutch and English.
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