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No Moss
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 Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 11:50 am Post subject: |
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| Steppenwolf wrote: |
Yet your idea that English would ever become an official tongue in China is [probably wrong]. |
Well, Steppenwolf and I agree on that...that's gotta be a first! And I think that's true because there isn't the language fragmentation in China that there is in other places, and also because China is a large country whose size insulates it from outside influences. Colonial languages really took hold in places where there were many competing native languages.
Incidentally, I would like to add Arabic to the list of colonial languages. It became important for religious reasons. Most of the technical language in Arabic is derived from English or French. (some of this from Microsofot Encarta Encyclopedia) |
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