Friends I would like to know that, why English is International language?

Answer 1

Because everyone wants to get their hands on the money that wealthy Americans have when they travel or do business.

And American English movies are popular almost everywhere.

And American Pop Music is popular in many countries.

Answer 2

It is AN international language.

We need an "International auxiliary language" like Esperanto.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_auxiliary_language

Why not english as the International Language? This seems a reasonable question, but

* English is by no means easy to master it is, generation after generation, the international language of a certain elite
* any nationally dominant language puts non-native speakers (in this case 90% of the world population) in an unfavourable position
* English - no matter how widespread still only reflects one specific type of culture, which may be upsetting to some
* in stress situations, one tends to lose ones ability to speak an irregular foreign language
* the above also applies to all other big languages as French, Spanish or Chinese.

Answer 3

The British Empire was extremely widespread and that got the ball rolling. In modern times American movies and TV spread the language even further. It has since become the unofficial international language. I doubt this will change anytime soon due to the versatility of English. It's a very nifty little language.

Answer 4

Actually, French is usually the official international language. At least for diplomacy.

There are a lot of Americans, English and English speakers around, so maybe we just like for English to be used? Probably for ease of business transactions.

Answer 5

there is a few reality to what you're saying and relatively German could be greater enormously spoken, extraordinarily in agency circles. even nonetheless, a substantial contributor to the breadth of English use as a known or secondary language is the scope of the Commonwealth and different worldwide places as quickly as colonised or controlled via the British Empire. This became into at one time or yet another 2/3 of the planet. For those no longer solid with fractions, it relatively is plenty. So despite if the U. S. spoke German rather than English, it does not be a immediately commerce-off of positions. English might nevertheless be greater enormously spoken in the worldwide than German is in the present day.

Answer 6

When I was born, French was the language of diplomacy, left over from the days of Napoleon and the French Empires. But after Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam, the French influence faded and British English led for a time. Then the Almighty Dollar hit after WWII, and the rest is history. The big dog sets the rules!

Answer 7

Since technology and industry flourished in America and England, many technical terms used in the world are English. Most modern inventions were invented by English speaking people, who named their inventions in English, then marketed and sold their products in English. Other languages don't have the same modern technical and scientific words.

A good example: All international airline pilots communicate with the control towers in English --- worldwide.

Answer 8

I would say because of the impact of the British Empire controlling so much of the world in the 19th and first half of the twentieth century and the United States being the worlds largest economy making knowing the language a great advantage for business success.

Answer 9

The original spread was due to the expansion of the British Empire. However, today it is considered the language of Business, primarily due to America and the Country's influence on business throughout the world.

Answer 10

In the twentieth century the USA was the most powerful influential nation in the world. Most commerce in the world had an American connection. People thought their chances for success would be better if they spoke the same language as the Americans. England had colonies in nearly every time zone, this helped.

Answer 11

All of you have said many reason which i accept but i wanna disagree with "ginbail2000" as most of the science and medicine terms in english language where taken from the greek language!!