12 June, 2009

English Dominance, Redux

Foreign Policy Magazine offers an article charting the continued adoption of English as a global lingua franca (gee, shouldn't there be an English term to describe this?). Key quote:
[Soon] English will boast one million words -- twice as many as Cantonese, four times as many as Spanish, and 10 times as many as French. Half the world's people are projected to be speaking English by 2015.

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