The educational institution that I and others go to is an international educational institution and it employs English as the communicating language. For the simple reason, it is the language that is in use right now, to communicate in the outside world. Local schools in most countries have English as a separate subject, which all students must learn. The reason being that English is the language, which they think, is the second most serviceable language to their scholars after their native language.
Now some people would say that have you looked at the fact that there are some 249 other languages out there, which people also utilize to communicate. Such a great number of languages cannot all be dead in 100 years. However, if you look at the fact that Latin was at sometime the most used language. You would have been considered mad if you said that one day Latin will be dead, but that has happened. Also, as people start using English, they will gradually stop using their native language and only utilize English to communicate. So after a certain period of time their native language will stop developing and expanding. Therefore, the language will be considered a dead language. It may be still used to communicate but if it has stopped developing and expanding then it will be given the title of a dead language.
So from the all the above facts I do not see why English will not be the only language needed to communicate. You might just say, " English is the way into the future".
However, if you don't support the above view then you can think of many points against the assertion that ALL OTHER LANGAUES WILL BE DEAD. There are about 250 languages in the world out there and English is only one of them. By referring back to the original statement ' English will be the only language needed to communicate by 2100 and all other languages will be dead', that is saying that the rest of 249 languages will no longer be needed to communicate and they will not be developing any more. That is the fact that you find quite hard to believe if you are arguing from the opposing side.
Lets us just look over some key facts. There are some 6 billion people in the world. Let us say about 2 billion people in the world know English. Consequently, you intend to teach the rest of the 4 billion people English and that number is likely to increase as the years go by to may be 8 billion people. Even teaching 4 billion people English in 100 years is extremely hard. So how in the world are you going to teach the new 4 billion people? The answer is simple, you can not.
If you still are not convinced then let us take an exclusive trip back into detailed chronicle . Britain was the all mighty power a hundred years ago. They concurred many places and spread their stylish English language around the world. If you look today the 21st century then you will see that China is genuinely the coming up power and their language is not English, it is Mandarin. Therefore, as time goes on then more and more people will start learning Mandarin because that will be the language that the people will require to communicate with the 1 billion and rising people of China. That is already taking place. Nearly all-major business enterprises have a branch in China. For the simple reason being that they have the knowledge that China will be the next big place of the century. Also all those business enterprises have nearly all their top personnel learning Mandarin. The logical deduction from this is that the business enterprises understand that they cannot persuade those one billion people to learn English; so , for them to be successful in their business they will have to novitiate Mandarin themselves.
If we take a look at India which is impressively the shelter too about 1 billion people, there national language is Hindi but only around 20% of the Indian population knows Hindi. The rest speak other languages. If India cannot tutor the rest of its population Hindi then in what way do you intellectualize that they independently will tutor them English.
There are also a lot of other very strong languages, for representation French, Spanish in addition to Arabic. These languages are used by a large number of the public. They are not used in one countries but lots of countries. All these languages are also developing at a little diminutive slower pace than English. They are also a major means of communication just like English and to imagine that these languages will be dead in a hundred years of time is extremely hard to believe .
As for the computer industry, the computer industry is the one industry which utilizes English 90% of the time. Nevertheless there are other languages which are starting to appear more and more in the computer industry. Mandarin and French are perfect examples. The number of web pages appearing in French and Mandarin are increasing every day. So I think that it is safe to say that those languages will in some time become just as commonly used as English is.
There are also other industries which English isn't the primary language. The examples are television and the auto industry. There are undoubtedly much more non-English television programs then there are English ones. English exclusively has the lead in an unspecified number area but the rest of the areas English has too acquiesce defeat.
We agree that English has the potential to become the only language needed to communicate but that target can't be achieved in a hundred years. Also not all the other languages will be dead in a hundred years. There are just too many other languages which hold a lot of potential and will be very hard to eliminate. Also there are too many people who have to be taught and in too little time. Even if a revolution is to take place, then still it is nearly impossible to eliminate all the other languages. If you take the computer example, a revolution did take place but still not all of the people use a computer, like most of Africa. If a revolution takes place for English then still not all will use English. English might be the way to the future but it isn’t the only way there are another two, three options open to take us into the future. Also of us all must understand that English has masterfully the potential to become the solely language necessitated to communicate. On the contrary that preferred area of focus cannot be achieved in a hundred years time. Also not all the optional languages will be dead in a hundred years time. There are undoubtedly just in addition many optional languages which hold a large amount of potential and will be extremely hard to if not impossible to drastically eliminate. Also there are in addition many members of the public who have to be taught and in too little time. Even if a revelation is to takes, place then still it is nearly impossible to drastically eliminate all the other optional vernaculars. If you take a glance at the computer industry, a revolution did place but still not all of the people employ a computer in their house like most of Africa. If a revolution does happens to take place for English then still not all people will utilize English. English might be the way into the future however it is not the only way there are with out a doubt another two; three options open to take us into the future. Therefore, it is extremely logical for me to disagree with the original statement. My thoughts are craved in this paragraph and so are my reasons for disagreeing.
I.H
