Is it possible to evaluate all approved world languages and recommend the best to be global language?

Question

It is said that if all humans speak in one language,they can understand each other better(with clear meaning).If members
of UN could make a decision on such a language and recommend the same as global language for Human welfare,
would it not be the nicest thing the UN would do?As it is said that the humans have the highest intelligence quotient amongst
the living beings,why should'nt they find a way to live a happy and deseaseless life till last breath?

Answer 1

Having just one language would ruin the diversity of the world that makes it such a beautiful and wondrous place. I love learning new languages and I ope this never happens. Also there are expressions and ideas that truly cannot be expressed or not in the correct way in other languages.

Besides this how would they ever agree on one language. Mandarin is (supposedly) the most commonly spoken language on Earth. Spanish is spoken in more countries than any other. English is the international language of politics and business. There are too many people with different tongues to ever use just one, well, except mathematics.

Answer 2

No, because there is no way to evaluate a language without bias. Especially because some languages of more difficulty would be thrown out even though they have importance and relevance of their own.
Other languages and cultures make an interesting rainbow of other things such as vocabulary and ideas. There ideas ithat can be expressed in one language which have no true translation in one language, because there is no grammatical similarity between them.
The other issue is the naturally innationality of some langauges, which have been forming slowly over time. English, I'm sorry to say, is amongst the highest on this list.

Answer 3

You have two questions in there so I'll just answer the first.

Having a single global language is probably what WILL happen someday because everyone will be in contact with people all over the globe as easily as they'll speak to their neighbors (like the Internet is doing right now), which will promote unification.

Imposing it on everyone *right now* would be horrible, like other answerers said: a language is the vehicle of culture, mentality, habits, spirituality... the UN would be invalidating all the beliefs and ways of being of anyone who did not speak "the UN language". I think that goes directly against promoting harmony. :)

Besides, how could they possibly decide which language is best? Every language is adapted to a set of circumstances. Some are easy to learn and hard to master (like English), which makes them good for commerce. But some are easier to pronounce correctly without having to guess (like Spanish or French). Some are more poetic but less precise than European languages... do you want to kill those, too?

It's easy to say "Why doesn't everyone think like I do"' but way harder to try to think like everybody else. :)

Answer 4

Even if all humans spoke the same language we wouldn't understand each other better. Every language is connected with a way of thinking and a way of life and unless you can also change the way of thinking and the way of life everywhere to be the same the same language would help us a little but not as far as you would like it to go.

Answer 5

This is not possible and not desirable. The notion of a universal language is linguistically ridiculous. English is as close as possible to a universal second language. As far as your notion that everyone could understand each other, that is clearly false. How many language misunderstandings do you have with fellow countrymen, let alone with people from other countries.

Answer 6

The UN?? Where the UN is concerned, no such agreement will come to pass. Every nation has its own interest, and they are content with the status quo.

Answer 7

read the bible it will tell you why that wont work, weather you beleave in it or not, its a good story...