Chinese won't rise as the most international language on Earth at least for the coming few decades.
Let's see, can you write computer programs in Chinese?
Would some of the chinese parents in Malaysia or in some other countries start to teach their children Mandarin of which they won't teach if not for the language's future usefulness? (Here I assume learning one's own mother tongue is not for any other reasons but for the cause of our color skin)
Mandarin is and would be an important language, but it should not 'take over' the role of English as the most international language, at least not before those who are in the generations to be able to see this thread die.
English more important now?
Dec 30 2006, 12:32 AM
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