Most Indians speak Hindi, not English. Only 5% speak English fluently. English is not popular in India
Only 15 % of Indians speak English
That's true. just the educated, professional and the elite group speak English. Majority speak either just Hindi or one of the vernacular languages along with Hindi.
Even if only 5% speak English fluently, that's still 57 million people. Almost the entire population of Britain. Almost 3 times the population of Australia. More than 10 times the population of NZ. A fifth of the population of the USA.
<<Even if only 5% speak English fluently, that's still 57 million people. Almost the entire population of Britain. Almost 3 times the population of Australia. More than 10 times the population of NZ. A fifth of the population of the USA.>>
Anyway, there are only 500-550 million people around the world that speak English, considering mother tongue speakers and bilingual people.
So, English will be 5th in the near future, after Chinese, Spanish, Hindi and Arabic.
Anyway, there are only 500-550 million people around the world that speak English, considering mother tongue speakers and bilingual people.
So, English will be 5th in the near future, after Chinese, Spanish, Hindi and Arabic.
<<So, English will be 5th in the near future, after Chinese, Spanish, Hindi and Arabic.>> But what language will a Spanish and a Chinese businessmen use to talk in?
<<But what language will a Spanish and a Chinese businessmen use to talk in?>>
Spanish or Chinese.
It depends on the area too. In Asia, Chinese will be the lingua franca. In the Americas, Spanish, in the Arabic World, Arabic, in the former USSR, Russian, etc
This situation will be faster, depending on the economic power of USA after the World crisis.
Spanish or Chinese.
It depends on the area too. In Asia, Chinese will be the lingua franca. In the Americas, Spanish, in the Arabic World, Arabic, in the former USSR, Russian, etc
This situation will be faster, depending on the economic power of USA after the World crisis.
<<Spanish or Chinese.>>
I doubt it. English has built up a momentum that will take some time dissipating.
Remember that French remained the language of the European upper class and international diplomacy well into the Twentieth Century.
I doubt it. English has built up a momentum that will take some time dissipating.
Remember that French remained the language of the European upper class and international diplomacy well into the Twentieth Century.
Indians always arrogantly consider India as the strongest country in Asia, No, it's much too absurd, please sober yourselves up now, and do improve the basal construction, the sanitary condition, the extreme disparity between the rich and the poor, and the class differences between nobles and common people. And don't provocate China or Pakistan any more.