"As an example, the native speaking population of Bengali vastly outnumber those who speak French as a first language, and it is one of the most spoken languages (ranking fifth or sixth) in the world with nearly 230 million total speakers, and is known for its long and rich literary tradition. However, while French is spoken intercontinentally, is internationally recognized to be of high linguistic prestige and used as a diplomatic language and international commerce, as well as having a significant portion of second language speakers throughout the world, the overwhelming majority of Bengali speakers are native Bengali people, with little to no influence outside of its regionally limited sprachraum or language space."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_language#Living_world_languages
The part taken from "World Language" Wikipedia article only proves that French has a very high linguistic prestige.
From that article we can say that the status of Spanish is the same as that of Bengali. Both languages boasts of more than 200 million native speakers and spoken in more than two countries but with little or no use outside their respective turfs.
Actually, the article can be written in this way to prove that French is much more important than Spanish.
"As an example, the native speaking population of SPANISH vastly outnumber those who speak French as a first language, and it is one of the most spoken languages (ranking 3rd or fourth) in the world with nearly 320 million total speakers, and is known for its long and rich literary tradition. However, while French is spoken intercontinentally, is internationally recognized to be of high linguistic prestige and used as a diplomatic language and international commerce, as well as having a significant portion of second language speakers throughout the world, the overwhelming majority of SPANISH speakers are native HISPNIC people, with little to no influence outside of its regionally limited sprachraum or language space."
DEAR MODERATORS READERS OF ANTIMOON FORUMS
PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THE ORIGINAL TEXT OF THE PART OF THAT ARTICLE IS IN THIS THREAD.
I'M BEGINNING TO HAVE FEAR THAT THE HISPANIC FANATIC(S) OF THIS FORUM WHO VANDALIZES THE WIKIPEDIA WILL CHANGE THIS ARTICLE AGAIN BECAUSE OF HIS INTENSE ANTI-FRENCH SENTIMENTS.
I BELIEVE THAT HE'S THE SAME PERSON WHO CREATED THE "Worldwide Decline of French" BLOG. THAT BLOG IS FULL OF LIES JUST LIKE HIS HEAD FULL OF LIES.
HE HAS WIDE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT I.T. IN FACT HE HAS THE CAPABILITY TO KNOW OUR IP ADDRESSES WHICH PUT OUR PRIVACY AT STAKE.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_language#Living_world_languages
The part taken from "World Language" Wikipedia article only proves that French has a very high linguistic prestige.
From that article we can say that the status of Spanish is the same as that of Bengali. Both languages boasts of more than 200 million native speakers and spoken in more than two countries but with little or no use outside their respective turfs.
Actually, the article can be written in this way to prove that French is much more important than Spanish.
"As an example, the native speaking population of SPANISH vastly outnumber those who speak French as a first language, and it is one of the most spoken languages (ranking 3rd or fourth) in the world with nearly 320 million total speakers, and is known for its long and rich literary tradition. However, while French is spoken intercontinentally, is internationally recognized to be of high linguistic prestige and used as a diplomatic language and international commerce, as well as having a significant portion of second language speakers throughout the world, the overwhelming majority of SPANISH speakers are native HISPNIC people, with little to no influence outside of its regionally limited sprachraum or language space."
DEAR MODERATORS READERS OF ANTIMOON FORUMS
PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THE ORIGINAL TEXT OF THE PART OF THAT ARTICLE IS IN THIS THREAD.
I'M BEGINNING TO HAVE FEAR THAT THE HISPANIC FANATIC(S) OF THIS FORUM WHO VANDALIZES THE WIKIPEDIA WILL CHANGE THIS ARTICLE AGAIN BECAUSE OF HIS INTENSE ANTI-FRENCH SENTIMENTS.
I BELIEVE THAT HE'S THE SAME PERSON WHO CREATED THE "Worldwide Decline of French" BLOG. THAT BLOG IS FULL OF LIES JUST LIKE HIS HEAD FULL OF LIES.
HE HAS WIDE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT I.T. IN FACT HE HAS THE CAPABILITY TO KNOW OUR IP ADDRESSES WHICH PUT OUR PRIVACY AT STAKE.