700 Reasons: Reason #261

Reason: 261
As of 1995, English was the second most common native language in the world, trailing only Chinese. By 2050, Chinese will continue its predominance, with Hindi-Urdu of India and Arabic climbing past English, and Spanish nearly equal to it
Reference:
Graddol, D., cited by Schmid, R. (2004) 'Sun may set on English Language, experts say' in Los Angeles Daily News, Friday February 27, 2004
Related Keywords:
Global English

700 Reasons to study languages...