Will Chinese become a global language in the future? Thanks.?

Answer 1

I think Chinese Mandarin definitely will be a necessary language to know in the future. Considering half the world's population is Chinese and they are emigrating and doing business all over the world. If China becomes a global superpower which it is rapidly doing, then other businesses will have to adapt and teach their employees Chinese in order to do business there.

Answer 2

No, it won't. Trust me.

There are several reasons:

- Chinese is too diverse and some of its dialects are almost different languages. Speakers of a dialect cannot understand another dialect without learning it, which is not the case with English. Mandarin speakers can't understand Hokkien, Hakka, Cantonese, Foochow, etc. and vice-versa.

- Many Chinese in Singapore, Hong Kong, Brunei and Malaysia are more fluent in English than Mandarine.

- Those Chinese who don't know English yet, are learning it, even in Taiwan usage of English is becoming more frequent. The only country where one cannot move without knowing Chinese remains PRC.

- Even though Chinese population is huge it is concentrated in one area and not dispearsed around the globe as English speakers are.

- Chinese writing system is too complex for masses of foreigners to learn it, and besides it is difficult to write foreign names in Chinese, as Chinese characters are symbols rather than sounds.

- Chinese is a tonal language, unlike most world languages. Change in tone can change the meaning of a word. Most of people would take a long time to get used to that and to differenciate between different tones.

- Chinese grammar is very simple, has no inflections, no tenses and no cases. This makes the language less precise, which could represent an obstacle on international scale. It means also that every single word particle has to be learned individually.

- Chinese economic power is not rising as fast as Westerners think. It's 90% propaganda and 10% reality.

Therefore, Chinese will never become a World language.

Answer 3

From how China are expanding so rapidly, the Chinese Language could well become a global language. But for sure it will be the most important language after English.

Answer 4

Yes, it will be a global language, like English, Spanish and Russian, and maybe Arabic too.

The reason is that already almost a billion people can speak Mandarin Chinese. Many others in Asia, like the Koreans and Japanese, are learning it rapidly. Other countries like Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, US, Canada and Australia have sizeable populations that speak it, too.

China is also developing economically very fast, so in about 10-20 years, it will be helpful in the business world to speak it.

Answer 5

There is a big push in China at the moment to learn English. Because English is the international language of business, and china is a growing economic super power. So, no I don't think so...

Answer 6

News from "EXEL Chinese" said Chinese Mandarin will be the most popular language in the world in 50 years.

Answer 7

That's interesting. I always thought it would be English or Spanish. English because so many nations use it as a common toungue (Africa and Asia). Spanish because there are so many Spanish skeaking countries. But Chinese...I'm not too sure.

Answer 8

Thats a good one my friend because if it does i will need to learn a new language but i dont think so and i hope not.

Answer 9

i supose yet. bcuz shina will take over the world one day.. while the world thinks about war n takes active part in politics , china just sits n watches ... they have many nucleur bombs (cant reveal confidential info) they have robots working with them.. they are self sufficient for everythng.. and whn they'll break a war everyone will be dead meat

Answer 10

Possibly. China is a rising empire so most probably, YES.