what are some pros and cons about this idea?
2006-09-11 15:48:40 · 11 answers · asked by iliandor 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
No, it's not possible. People of the world wouldn't decide which language to use. Every nation would want its own language to be universal. This would cause the most horrible war in the world.
Plus, I wouldn't want that. Each language has its own representaion and interpretation of life. Each language adds some value to the world. Variety in languages is a good thing. It broadens human thought and mind.
On a final note, English is not coming close to being that. World having one universal language is not the same as English being the mostly spoken second language in the world.
2006-09-14 08:03:26 · answer #1 · answered by Earthling 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think a great universal language would be sign language.
Of course remember what happened when all the world spoke one language, they tried to build a tower high enough to reach the heavens. God then scrambled the language so that they won't be able to communicate.Do you think that if we incorporated this universal language that he would do it again?
2006-09-11 16:00:40 · answer #2 · answered by autumnbrookblue 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh, i've got heard that one formerly! there is not any nother kind. that is to get around the reality that persons do not pick any genuine information for what they declare. they only declare it as 'non secular' as though it have been something quite it quite is unique from 'hassle-free'. Of direction they don't divulge how they understand such 'non secular' evidence exists, quite then claiming they 'merely notice of' or 'sense' it. kind of like a dream, fantasy, or misinterpretation of an emotional/aesthetic state, quite. that's borne out by way of the kind of persons who equate it to feeling 'love', brushing off the reality that love is a carry out of the physique (and detectable), not an particular entity in itself like they declare a god to be. that's a cop-out, hassle-free and easy, and fools no person yet themselves.
2016-10-14 21:57:02 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I do. But this is going to take thousands of years. With globalisation, this process has already speeded up. How many children do you know who speak their mother tongue? Also with so many inter-caste/religion/nationality marriages and media coverage/accessibility, I would say it's only time before we all start communicating in a common lingo...
2006-09-11 16:42:02 · answer #4 · answered by billitam 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well it's been tried...I think it was called esperanto...and didn't work....I speak english and mandarin and there are some things that just don't translate one on one....I don't know how you could ever overcome this on a global scale..trying to scale down so many languages into one.
2006-09-11 17:12:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The smile and the frown are universal...as are several unmentionable here pertaining to male/female relations.
2006-09-11 15:59:53 · answer #6 · answered by Answers1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
eventually everything will be back to square one, think about how many spoken and written languages already lost thru out the centuries.
2006-09-11 23:19:55 · answer #7 · answered by movies watcher 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes-it's called a smile
2006-09-11 15:53:52 · answer #8 · answered by hippiechik 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
absolutely not...and how boring would that be? let's try to preserve culture, not abandon it
2006-09-11 17:39:54 · answer #9 · answered by rachel k 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no...but english comes pretty close
2006-09-11 21:50:06 · answer #10 · answered by help please? =P 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋