English as the Main Language in the World

There are in Asia numerous different languages as well as numerous different cants. This is true also of numerous corridor of Africa where in Ghana alone there are numerous different languages, each one again, with numerous cants. Thus since it's only by the spoken word that mortal beings can communicate with one another, the necessity for a common language, whatever that common language may be, is egregious. Anyone chancing himself in a foreign country, unfit to speak a word of the native language there, will know a complete feeling of insulation and of being' cut off'from everybody there. No quantum of copying or acting can really restore acceptable communication and indeed when professed practitioners are employers, the process of restatement is low and a great deal of the particular touch is lost.

Whether English should be the common language for the world is negotiable, however there are some points in its favor. There's the fact that piecemeal from Chinese, further people in the world speak English than any other language. It's spoken in utmost of North American mainland, in Australia, New Zealand and Britain as well as in numerous other countries. In fact 290 million people have English as their publiclanguage.However, communication between the colorful countries would be easier, If it's accepted as the common language of the world.

English, too, is formerly a language which is known to a great numerous Asians. This is due to the fact that English speaking people had settled and had been living there for over a century, and doing so, they brought their language with them. English is now tutored in Asian, seminaries and moment, numerous Asians have far better command of English than their European counterparts have of Asian languages. It's intriguing to note that this is true of numerous African countries as well. There, for numerous of the same reasons, English is known to a large number of African citizens.

The language of the twentieth century world is the language of wisdom and technology. Frequently new words must be added to the language to keep up with ultramodern inventions and developments. The list in the last ten times is endless. 'TV,' 'Telestar.' 'Sputnik' 'computer,' 'Penicillin,' 'Spurt propelled'are just a many which illustrate new words for new inventions in numerous different spheres. Malay is a compound language. In other words, it's composed of may different corridor. It is, thus, able of assimilating new words to cover ultramodern requirements. On the other hand, only over a hundred and eighty million people speak Malay, the common language of Malaysia and Indonesia, communication outside the region will be veritably limited, if indeed possible at all.

Nearly a billion people speak Chinese and so there would, at first sight, appear to be arguments in favor of Chinese as a common language. But there are numerous arguments against it! The Chinese language is not, in the first place, grounded on Latin as utmost of the other languages like English are. It's composed of a series of' characters'and symbols. It is, thus veritably delicate indeed for' ordinary' nonnatives to learn it. The language does formerly include characters and symbols which cover scientific and technological words and expressions, but their use to the world in general is limited since similar symbols and characters are nearly strange to the world outside China. Thus although Chinese is spoken by so numerous millions of people, it isn't as suitable as a common language as English.

Singapore is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. Her Prime Minister, together with his associates and fellow Prime Ministers from other Commonwealth countries meet to meditate, to bandy and to shape programs on world affairs and they use English as the common language. It's necessary at all situations to be suitable to communicate studies, words and ideas. Singapore using English as one of her language would thus, be suitable to contribute much that's wise and good to the weal of humanity, indeed when Malay is her National Language.