Is Chinese going to be the lingua franca? (General discussion) Language Learning Forum

Is Chinese going to be the lingua franca?
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26 September 2013 at 11:09am | IP Logged

Latin remained as the international language of academia for centuries after people stopped actually speaking it. French had a spell as a major lingua-franca and even though it has lost a huge amount of ground to English, French still has a presence at large international events.

Maybe one day Mandarin will dislodge English, but it won't happen in our lifetimes.

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