Choosing between languages related to International Business
HELLO SMELLY FROGS,¿Spanish is no money?, ¿are you sure about that soplapoyez?. English GDP in the world is at 17'5 trillion $; Spanish is at 4'3+1'2(hispanics at USA)+1'8(Lusophony)=7'3 trillion $.
Japanese is at 4'9, German 4'5, French 3, Mandarín 2'5(all Chinese at 4'8),....etc.
Spanish is too many money,and in 15 years English GDP will be the same than Spanish one,¿OK?.
Future is Spanish & Portuguese. Chinese is very difficult and English is dead like French in only 10-15 years.
To the person saying that Germany or Russia will decline in importance due to population. Check out the predictions made by this study:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRIC
Note that Russia is projected to have a higher GDP/capita than many rich european countries by 2040. Germany remains a major economic force and Mexico has a higher GDP/capita than Brazil by 2050.
What kind of people post such drivel... English dead in 15 years? WAKE UP you deluded people. The US will remain a major power for years, no matter what China does. That alone will maintain its status.
Oh, and Portuguese is no more important than Russian. In fact, I would say they are both in the same league when it concerns future economic languages of value.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRIC
Note that Russia remains richer than Brz. (GDP/capita) in their projections for years to come.
Today Spanish(+Portuguese)is spoken by 740 million people with a GDP of 7'3 trillion $. English are 365 million people and 17'5 trillion,but in 15 years Spanish(+Portuguese)will be spoken by 900 million(English 380) and GDP will be the same. Spanish is the future.
Oh, and this forum is new to me. I'm appalled at the juvenile and jingoistic drivel being promulgated by many forumers here. It appears that many just use this forum as a vehicle to spread their nationalism and hate. Ridiculous claims are being made all over the place.
Its quite obvious what the most important languages are to learn. And French is not the most important language after English in a worldwide context. From a Euro context perhaps, but then German is a competitor there.
Red Ec, you don't have a clue what you are talking about. You have no data to back up your GDP projections.
F, listillo sabelotodo, no tengo proyecciones pero me basta saber que EEUU o Reino Unido crecen al 1-2% mientras que Iberoamérica o Brasil lo hacen al 4-6%. A ese rítmo,en 15 años se igualan las economías del Inglés y el Español(+Portugués),¿OK?.
If English GDP grows at 1-2% and Spanish at 4-6% like by the now then in only 15 years Spanish GDP around the World= English GDP around the World. But Spanish(+Portuguese)will be spoken by 900 million people and English only by 380 million.
"If English GDP grows at 1-2% and Spanish at 4-6%"
hey, Spain is bankrupt. Less than Greece but even more than Italy.
Friggin' PIGS
Back to Club Med you swarthy pesky cholos.
Spanish banks yet are the bigest in all around the world because works in all Iberoamérica. Don't dream with bankrupts in Spain,please,JA JA JA JA JA JA JA JA.......
<<Oh, and this forum is new to me. >>
Then you have a lot of learning to do.
<<I'm appalled at the juvenile and jingoistic drivel being promulgated by many forumers here.>>
I'm appalled at your civility. This forum is not for PC people.
<<It appears that many just use this forum as a vehicle to spread their nationalism and hate. >>
What's wrong with nationalism? It's obvious that some nations are superior. Only a sissy, PC, lovey-dovey new socialist would deny that. As for hate, what is wrong with hate? Hate is legitimate. To try and
ban hate is like trying to ban love - it would make life pointless.
<<Ridiculous claims are being made all over the place. >>
You included. Your claim that what is posted here is "drivel" for example.
German is the has the most native speakers in Europe and is Germany has the biggest economy in the EU. It is a very important business language over here.
"French and Russian are money"
Spanish and Mandarin are no money, no development, no hi-tech, nothing valuable, NOTHING