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| tractor Tetraglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5455 days ago 1349 posts - 2292 votes  Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish, Catalan Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 9 of 30 15 March 2010 at 7:59pm | IP Logged | ||
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Namibia will emerge as the most important economy in Africa, its German speaking minority will multiply, and
German become the lingua franca of Africa south of Sahara. Iceland's banking sector will recover tenfold, will fund compulsory Icelandic studies across Europe, and the EU will after some time adopt Icelandic as its sole official language. 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| ManicGenius Senior Member United States Joined 5483 days ago 288 posts - 420 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Esperanto, French, Japanese | Message 10 of 30 15 March 2010 at 9:27pm | IP Logged | ||
I counter your argument and say that Nigeria will have depleted the bank accounts of most gullible internet users by 2020. Subsequently Nigeria's economy becomes 100% relied on internet scams, and as such Nigerian's learn English and Mandarin due to the economic vitality of the languages and their renown for generally holding the worlds wealth. Giving ya a vote on that because I ingorantly left out Africa in predictions. Edited by ManicGenius on 15 March 2010 at 9:27pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Paskwc Pentaglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5679 days ago 450 posts - 624 votes Speaks: Hindi, Urdu*, Arabic (Levantine), French, English Studies: Persian, Spanish | Message 11 of 30 15 March 2010 at 9:55pm | IP Logged | ||
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My actual prediction: The languages of the future won't be so much languages with
economic or demographic credentials, but languages that have those things and and a culture of inclusiveness. Ultimately, language learners around the world will ask themselves if they are welcome in the different cultural and social spheres of different languages. If society X has deep-seated prejudices against people from societies A, B, and C, societies A, B, and C won't warm to learning X's language. As such, I expect English to remain dominant. Of all the world's second-tier languages, I expect Spanish to have the most influence beyond its current domain. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| MäcØSŸ Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5811 days ago 259 posts - 392 votes Speaks: Italian*, EnglishC2 Studies: German | Message 12 of 30 15 March 2010 at 10:12pm | IP Logged | ||
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I predict that we will reach the singularity and
that in few years we will have improved our minds with genetic engineering so that we’ll be able to communicate by sharing thoughts directly, without the use of language. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Faim de Siècle Diglot Newbie United States Joined 5809 days ago 36 posts - 39 votes Speaks: English*, French | Message 13 of 30 15 March 2010 at 11:19pm | IP Logged | ||
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It is unlikely that Mandarin will ever replace English.
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| elvisrules Tetraglot Senior Member BelgiumRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5471 days ago 286 posts - 390 votes Speaks: French, English*, Dutch, Flemish Studies: Lowland Scots, Japanese, German | Message 14 of 30 15 March 2010 at 11:25pm | IP Logged | ||
On the one hand, I find this quite funny, lol. On the other hand, as a 1/4 Nigerian, I am deeply offended. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Deshwi Triglot Newbie Canada Joined 5602 days ago 31 posts - 38 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Arabic (Written), Turkish, Hindi, Persian | Message 15 of 30 16 March 2010 at 12:18am | IP Logged | ||
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Isn't the world ending in 2012? I kid. Actually I think bilingualism/ trilingualism will become more commonplace in the future, as the world gets smaller.
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| ManicGenius Senior Member United States Joined 5483 days ago 288 posts - 420 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Esperanto, French, Japanese | Message 16 of 30 16 March 2010 at 12:24am | IP Logged | ||
No offense intended. A great many "Nigerian" 419 scams occur pretty much anywhere on the planet. There was a list somewhere listing it by place. The sad part is that it actually has become a true criminal industry and fools a lot of people into sending random strangers money in blind faith. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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