Will Chinese become the next No 1 world language instead of English?
By maggyyy
@maggyyy (11)
France
March 22, 2007 10:24am CST
it seems everyone is thinking to how to make some money out of China. China is the top target now. So will Chinese spead and eventuraly take over English as the global language???
6 responses
@yangqinjia (129)
• China
3 May 07
We are learning English for that foreigners learn chinese in the future.
@kaevielf (245)
• China
3 May 07
Nobody in here has commented on the fact that Chinese consists of MANY wildly different dialects. They often can't even understand each other when they travel long distances in their own country.
China's linguistic ascension also lacks the wealth and Empire that established English.
@nurhoney (1123)
• Philippines
3 May 07
that is so true that china itself have different dialects and most of them confuses the other chinese...i know some chinese that couldn't understand other chinese dialects...so by just in their own country, chinese has hard time with their own dialect...what more of being no. 1 language? that would be so confusing.
@yangqinjia (129)
• China
4 May 07
That's ture!I even cann't understand people from other towns nearby.Their dialects are much different from mine.
@anubias2 (64)
• Philippines
22 Mar 07
I think so that will happen that chinese will be no. 1 language in the world, all I know is that there more chinese speaking people in the world than any language, because china has the largest population than any country.
@linyuzhly (10)
• China
25 Mar 07
well.in my opinion,it willdo. Becuse of the big population and strength of China.
@nurhoney (1123)
• Philippines
1 May 07
China has the largest population in the world...yeah no doubt. But the thing is, most of the chinese cant understand or communicate in english so if that is your basis why chinese will be the number 1 language in the world, it doesnt make sense at all. Those foreign people outside china are learning to speak chinese because they want to go into business with china not to speak chinese in their country.
@a_ce_e (1422)
• Philippines
2 May 07
I don't think so. English language is already known worldwide and many countries had implemented to include english in their curriculum in able for them to communicate wherever they may go. Chinese language is hard to understand especially writing. Chinese language are many it includes cantonese, fokien, mandarin ..etc. In writing it has two..simplified and traditional, I don't know the others. I tried once to bring chinese magazine to my colleague who is chinese and she even can't read it, because the language as she says is different, but i thought it is just the same. Taiwan writing is different in mainland China. So i think, English is still better..because it is easier to read and understand.
@easyzheng (666)
• China
7 May 07
I think so as we have the largest population in the world and nowadays our country become more and more popular with our entry to WTO and many other global organizations and joined in many important activities, more people have become more interested in China and had more contact with China, hence the need to learn and speak in Chinese by more people around the world. It's likely that someday in the future, chinese will become the most important language.
@nurhoney (1123)
• Philippines
1 May 07
I doubt that. Its like this, people learn to speak chinese to go into business with the china people but usually those who learn them are those people that are doing the marketing and purchasing of materials, not the big people in business. English has been the international language ever since, and Iam sure it will still be in the future to come.
@niang03 (147)
• China
3 May 07
Yeahh..I can say,China now is like a giant of industry,bussiness,and so on..For example,many people from my country come to China just want to learn chinese..China is the one which has big population too..They are exist over the world even in my country,u can meet them too..i,myself also a chinese but i wasn't born in China ^^.But to learn chinese is not so simple as English..they have so many characters and intonation when u speak..if u forget the characters,u can't read it,and finally u can't understand ,for ex when u read a book or newspaper in chinese language..Now,i can't say if chinese will become the No 1 world language instead English.. i just can say Now a days,the World languages are English and Chinese..They're so important not just now but in the future..they will compete each other..
