Ch. 5.6
Global Distribution of English
Global distribution of English
Languages spoken in English on the Internet
Contemporary lingua Franca- Swahili in East Africa
Contemporary lingua Franca- Russian in former Soviet Union
Contemporary lingua Franca- Hindi in South Asia
http://saundz.com/english-as-the-modern-worlds-lingua-franca/
English is now the Lingua Framca of the world but has not always been the case such as in Ancient Rome Greek and Latim were the lingua Franca
http://historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistoriesResponsive.asp?historyid=099
The last Lingua Franca before English was French
Lingua Franca
The language of international business
Global distribution of English
English is the official language of 55 countries which is the most out of any other languages the world
Emglish on the Internet
English has been the leading language on the Internet since its inception but recently Chinese is catching up.