There is not a second World language

<< We don't give a damn about Spanish (Castilian) in Brazil. Nobody can speak it properly and only Portunhol Spanish is used and taught. By the way they like to include us in their sphere but we have always rejected it historically and militarily and we always make them understand us in our own language because we are the most powerful, the most rich and the bigger country in the region. >>

Thinking like this only gives power to Chinese Mandarin.

<< Spanish is different. It is not only official but also the most spoken language of 25 countries, their mother tongue. That is the strengh of Spanish. >>

That is true. And it's popularity as a foreign language has grown as well, and just in the US. But it's still behind French in that area.

"Greater use of Spanish in South America, for example, may affect the popularity of English in Brazil"

David Graddol The Future of English?

<<a chicken-gut way<<

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Could you explain some more. This is the part where we get to experience cultural gap. Plz Xie!

Do you think that Spanish will replace English as the global lingua franca?

Francamente no lo creo. English is a consolidated language worldwide in different areas(Business , science,etc).

Read this

This week New York Times News:
For many prideful Argentines, the hardest thing to accept has been the inexorable rise of their much-larger neighbor and perennial rival, Brazil.
New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/weekinreview/03barri.html

Or read this Cuca:

Las rivalidades interimperialistas pasaron también a la historia. Ahora hay entre imperios discrepancias superficiales que se ventilan dentro de la cordialidad. De todas maneras, en la medida en que el Brasil domine el Mercosur en toda América del Sur habrá un palenque. Pero no caigamos en alegrías de tontos. Es como si alguien se regocijara porque va a recibir golpes de dos látigos y no sólo de uno. El Brasil camina o es ya una potencia imperialista. Dentro de ciertos límites se medirá con los Estados Unidos más como socio anhelante y atento para dirimir sus diferencias en paz.
http://www.tiempo.uc.edu.ve/Tu306/Contenido/generales/imperio/imperio.html

Time to learn Brazilian Portuguese babies !
Portuguese is the main language in South America because it's spoken in half of this continent. Castilian, Dutch, English and French are spoken too in the rest of South America.

"In 2005, the Brazilian National Congress voted a law that obliges all primary schools (both private nd public) to offer Spanish as second language."

>>I'm curious, is there any similar law in other South American countries that forces them to provide Portuguese as a second language?

<<I'm curious, is there any similar law in other South American countries that forces them to provide Portuguese as a second language?>>

NO

TIME TO LEARN SPANISH MY FRIENDS !!

Mexico will be more important that Brazil, so if Brazil is o will be a powerfull, then Mexico too

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=125701

Is time to learn mexican spanish NOT Brazilian Portuguese!!!!!!!!!!

Anyways, so do you guys think Chinese will become more important than English in the near future? or will it be Spanish?

Nobody learns Portuguese in South America. Appart from that , Brazilian is not true Portuguese. I would learn European Portuguese.