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I would like to point out that languages are important.
If quebeck would be independant than significance of French would be more visible.
By the way I speak:
English, German, French, Spanish, Slovak, Czech, Polish, some Russian, Japanese, Italian and Chinese.
Try to beat that !
Real international languages are: English, French and Spanish.
Global languages:English, French and Spanish.
Depends on the circumstances.
In EU : English, French, German and very small significance Spanish.
The best language to learn: English.
The second best language to learn: in EU=1.French 2.German.
in the World=Spanish
The next language after EN, DE, FR, SPA is ITA in EU.
is Chinese, Japanese or
Russian in the World.
Again this depends on the circumstances.
Spanish is good for other similar languages.
English is good for other similar languages.
Russian is good for other similar languages.
If you do business or similar usually you start with english first and I doubt that this is going to change. After that you perhaps realised that other side speaks perhaps German you start speaking German.
I really doubt that after English somebody will speak Chinese. Be realistic ! If you would dealing with Chinese you would speak at least English, French, German or Spanish with them. But even this I doubt. More realistic would be, that you would continue with English most likely.
In Russia you can speak English, German and on some extent French.
One important thing is that Spanish would be never wide spoken language in Europe. Real is that that would always be English, German, French and on some extent Italian and maeby, maeby Spanish but that is very unlikely.
English-everywhere.
German-Germany and many countries have the German language as a second language, but no much significance in the World as not many outside EU speak it.
French-France and many countries second language.
Spanish-Spain and many countries have Spanish language as a second language, but no much significance in EU, but outside EU many countries actually speak it.
Russian is abandoned because of the historical issues, namely eastern block and federation countries. Checkout the History and you`ll see why.
If we talk about future. Probably Spanish, because its easy and a lot of people already speak it. But remember that Spanish do not sound so pleasant, therefore It would be English afterall. Spanish would be probably second, but that will be only if France would lost its power.
Remember Spanish speaking countries are quite poor and would remain poor for sometime. Look at history especially English, French, German and Russian and you will see why.
Another point, it is more likely for spanish language to die out than it is for Italian, e.g. latin already died out but is still in use in some extent. The reasons for it are because of Roman Catholic Church. The Richiest Church on the PLANET !!!
But I might be wrong of course. As for learning that is because everybody already mastered English at school, thats why there is significance for Spanish, because it is easy to learn.
Remember the key is the trade. Therefore I really doubt about Spanish.
Therefore French is very useful in one hemisphere and Spanish is very useful in the other one. But in both is very useful English. Remember that in the hemisphere where French is useful, there never ever would be Spanish useful. It is more likely that in other part of hemisphere where Spanish is widely spoken would be useful French than other way round.
Reasons for it are in History. Sorry but that is the truth.
There is absolutely no chance for arabic. World already speaks one language and that is English on some extent. So there is no space for other language to be number one.
In terms of resources Russia is number one and nobody can beat that, but you can go into business just speaking english. Therefore english would be still number one language. You can go with German or French on very small extent in Russia but certainly there is no chance for Spanish. EU and Russia no chance for Spanish rather English, French or German. Although Spanish is one of 4 in EU, but judge what is the reality.
As for another reality there is tendecy in EU to be fluent at least 2 forein languages. And that would be from these languages:
1.English
2.German
3.French
with 100%.
4.Spanish
5.Italian
with 50%
other languages are irrelevant. For example if you are Polish, most likely you would know English-German-French. If you are German, most likely you would know English-French. Do not forget that English-German-French languages are spoken by the richest nations. And literary nobody can beat that.
If Chinese people want to have their language in worldwide or so, or there is a saying that they are so many that can beat somebody just by crosing borders, remember before China do anything, first China must beat Russia and that is very unlikely therefore no chance for China.
For this look at the History and look at position on the map of the World and deduct for yourselfs.
Cheers
I would like to point out that languages are important.
If quebeck would be independant than significance of French would be more visible.
By the way I speak:
English, German, French, Spanish, Slovak, Czech, Polish, some Russian, Japanese, Italian and Chinese.
Try to beat that !
Real international languages are: English, French and Spanish.
Global languages:English, French and Spanish.
Depends on the circumstances.
In EU : English, French, German and very small significance Spanish.
The best language to learn: English.
The second best language to learn: in EU=1.French 2.German.
in the World=Spanish
The next language after EN, DE, FR, SPA is ITA in EU.
is Chinese, Japanese or
Russian in the World.
Again this depends on the circumstances.
Spanish is good for other similar languages.
English is good for other similar languages.
Russian is good for other similar languages.
If you do business or similar usually you start with english first and I doubt that this is going to change. After that you perhaps realised that other side speaks perhaps German you start speaking German.
I really doubt that after English somebody will speak Chinese. Be realistic ! If you would dealing with Chinese you would speak at least English, French, German or Spanish with them. But even this I doubt. More realistic would be, that you would continue with English most likely.
In Russia you can speak English, German and on some extent French.
One important thing is that Spanish would be never wide spoken language in Europe. Real is that that would always be English, German, French and on some extent Italian and maeby, maeby Spanish but that is very unlikely.
English-everywhere.
German-Germany and many countries have the German language as a second language, but no much significance in the World as not many outside EU speak it.
French-France and many countries second language.
Spanish-Spain and many countries have Spanish language as a second language, but no much significance in EU, but outside EU many countries actually speak it.
Russian is abandoned because of the historical issues, namely eastern block and federation countries. Checkout the History and you`ll see why.
If we talk about future. Probably Spanish, because its easy and a lot of people already speak it. But remember that Spanish do not sound so pleasant, therefore It would be English afterall. Spanish would be probably second, but that will be only if France would lost its power.
Remember Spanish speaking countries are quite poor and would remain poor for sometime. Look at history especially English, French, German and Russian and you will see why.
Another point, it is more likely for spanish language to die out than it is for Italian, e.g. latin already died out but is still in use in some extent. The reasons for it are because of Roman Catholic Church. The Richiest Church on the PLANET !!!
But I might be wrong of course. As for learning that is because everybody already mastered English at school, thats why there is significance for Spanish, because it is easy to learn.
Remember the key is the trade. Therefore I really doubt about Spanish.
Therefore French is very useful in one hemisphere and Spanish is very useful in the other one. But in both is very useful English. Remember that in the hemisphere where French is useful, there never ever would be Spanish useful. It is more likely that in other part of hemisphere where Spanish is widely spoken would be useful French than other way round.
Reasons for it are in History. Sorry but that is the truth.
There is absolutely no chance for arabic. World already speaks one language and that is English on some extent. So there is no space for other language to be number one.
In terms of resources Russia is number one and nobody can beat that, but you can go into business just speaking english. Therefore english would be still number one language. You can go with German or French on very small extent in Russia but certainly there is no chance for Spanish. EU and Russia no chance for Spanish rather English, French or German. Although Spanish is one of 4 in EU, but judge what is the reality.
As for another reality there is tendecy in EU to be fluent at least 2 forein languages. And that would be from these languages:
1.English
2.German
3.French
with 100%.
4.Spanish
5.Italian
with 50%
other languages are irrelevant. For example if you are Polish, most likely you would know English-German-French. If you are German, most likely you would know English-French. Do not forget that English-German-French languages are spoken by the richest nations. And literary nobody can beat that.
If Chinese people want to have their language in worldwide or so, or there is a saying that they are so many that can beat somebody just by crosing borders, remember before China do anything, first China must beat Russia and that is very unlikely therefore no chance for China.
For this look at the History and look at position on the map of the World and deduct for yourselfs.
Cheers