Ch. 5.6 Global Dominance Of English
Gabriella Elster
Lingua Franca
a language of international immunization is known as Lingua Franca. Other contemporary lingua franca languages include Swahili in East Africa, Hindi in South Asia, Indonesia in Southeast Asia, and Russian in the Soviet Union.
Global Distribution of English
Through out the world 55 countries use English as their official language. The spread was naturally caused by the diffusion of migration, such as when England migrated west to America.
English is used as the main Lingua Franca on the Internet.
World map of languages.
South East Asia mostly uses this Lingua Franca.
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