What the World Will Speak in 2115 - 0 views
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kleclaire16 on 30 Mar 16English will still dominate a century from now, but it will no longer share the planet with thousands of other languages. Instead, expect fewer but simpler modes of oral communication on every continent.
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rsilver17 on 14 Oct 16In 1880 a Bavarian priest created a language that he hoped the whole world could use. That language failed because English was already on the rise. Why is English growing more popular when Chinese is the largest language in the world? It is possible by 2115 that there will only be 600 languages from the 6,000 there are today.