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Re: Dividers and all.

From:Roland Hoensch <hoensch@...>
Date:Wednesday, December 8, 1999, 17:10
> > from "The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2000": > > ingle's 514 millones; +1.2 (% diferencia '98 vs '99) > > espan~ol 425 +1.9 > > portugue's 194 +1.6 > > france's 129 +0.8 > > > > espan~ol > > + portugue's 619 +1.8
Shouldn't a world language capture more than... what is it with current figures... 1/12th to 1/16th of the world's speakers? And if and when English becomes a world language, it will no longer be driven by the US, Canada, and Britain. A world language is used to communicate with the world. English is used to communicate largely with mono-lingual English-speakers. Not completely, I'm not saying that; but largely. ----- Original Message ----- From: abrigon <abrigon@...> To: Multiple recipients of list CONLANG <CONLANG@...> Sent: Monday, December 06, 1999 9:53 PM Subject: Dividers and all.
> Just cause English is a World Lingo, does not mean it is still not > driven by native speaking areas. > Basically the US, Canada and the Commonwealth.. > > But, never know more may happen in the future. > > Mike > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. > Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com >