Phrasebook
The future of languages
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DE
EM
EN
ES
FR
IT
JA
PT
PX
ZH
AF
BE
BG
BN
BS
CA
CS
EL
EO
ET
FA
FI
HE
HR
HU
ID
KA
KK
KN
KO
LT
LV
MR
NL
NN
PA
PL
RO
RU
SK
SQ
SR
SV
TR
UK
VI
But the number of
native speakers
of languages is not remaining constant.
The demographical development is responsible for this.
In a few decades, other languages will be dominant.
Hindi/Urdu and Arabic will soon be in 2nd and 3rd place.
English will take 4th place.
German will completely disappear out of the
Top Ten
.
In turn, Malay will belong to the most important languages.
While many languages die out, new ones will emerge.
They will be hybrid languages.
These linguistic hybrids will be spoken in cities more than anywhere else.
Completely new variants of languages will also develop.
So in the future there will be various forms of the English language.
The number of bilingual people will increase considerably worldwide.
How we will speak in the future is unclear.
But even in 100 years there will still be different languages.
So learning won't end so quickly…