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Not just known globally, but is used as a primary language in:

Business
Air travel (all International communications must be in English)
United Nations.

This language dominance has two roots. First, the United States is such a dominant player in the world, politically and economically that knowing English is just so darned important. Second, the legacy of the British Empire means that much of Asia and Africa use English as at least one of their national languages. Third, I can't deal with any language that capitalizes all nouns.

2006-11-03 01:08:22 · answer #1 · answered by Squid Vicious 3 · 1 0

English language is not exactly globally known.What about Germany and France ? They give more importance to their own mother tongue. The countries which had been captured and ruled upon by Britishers have adopted the trademark left by the them.We see that in every field- may it be The style of clothing, The sort of music that is evolving today or The religion of India which, once upon a time was known to be a country of Hinduism.
Trade and the settling of people abroad is leading to the spread of languages, customs and traditions. They mix up with the people there and adopt a part of their culture which they bring back along with them. Hence no language can be treated as international. They have always been the trademark of a certain class of people having common traditions and custom and will always be referred to as theirs.

2006-11-03 17:48:42 · answer #2 · answered by Adhvaitha 1 · 0 0

English will be the global language for some time!

Only a new Empire will change that. The American influence is still too broad and strong at the moment...

This situation might change eventually (in about 100 years at least or if a single global event takes place).

2006-11-03 14:26:42 · answer #3 · answered by jardim_2000 1 · 0 0

By default, English is now the global language. Business, air travel (all air traffic controllers have to use English as do commercial pilots), education, medicine all use English extensively. It is more accessible than Chinese, for example, more widely spoken by native speakers than either French or Spanish.
It is not an easy language by any means. Pronunciation often has little to due with spelling for instance. Grammar is difficult. And those 12 tenses (not to mention passive voice) all mean something. English loves time so we have all these tenses to clearly identify when actions occurred, are occurring or will occur and not necessarily alone but in conjunction with other actions.

2006-11-03 02:28:18 · answer #4 · answered by iwasnotanazipolka 7 · 0 0

English is an international language because it is concise, precise and flexible. In other languages, like Portuguese, one can find thousands of three- and four-syllable words (cavalo, gato, cachorro, veado, etc.). English has thousands of one-syllable words (horse, cat, dog, deer, etc.). Also you can say anything you want just by using inversion ("coma patient", meaning "the patient who is in a coma"). As far as I know, English is the only language that can turn different classes of words (nouns, verbs, pronouns etc.) into modifiers (" a do-it-yourself kit"). Finally, it is so flexible that a whole sentence can modify a noun (which is impossible in any other language I know): "she is going through that I-wanna-go-home syndrome". Needless to say, it´s the most melodious of all languages.

2006-11-03 16:41:16 · answer #5 · answered by Nice 5 · 0 0

English is internationally known because it is useful in many fields: business, education, communication, computer studies, technology, travelling.
It is also the first language of great economic and political powers- the USA and the UK- and also former British colonies- Australia and Canada. It is used as a second official language in many other former British colonies in Asia and Africa, and studied as a foreign language almost everywhere in the world...again, because it is useful!

2006-11-03 01:21:43 · answer #6 · answered by monica06 2 · 0 0

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2016-10-03 05:58:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

it is widely spoken so nothing wrong in it being the international language

2006-11-03 01:51:25 · answer #8 · answered by star 1 · 0 0

Because it is most commonly used when people could not understand each other because of the differences in the native tongue or dialect

2006-11-03 20:52:01 · answer #9 · answered by ? 7 · 0 0

If there is no English how can we understand
what is in your mind and respond.

2006-11-03 02:28:07 · answer #10 · answered by BHARANI 2 · 0 0

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