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Eric Lind

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What do you expect the dominant language of the world will be in 50 years?

The dominant rhetoric is that English is the language of business and hence regarded as a somewhat universal language. Given the state of global affairs, do you expect English to remain dominant, or be replaced by something better? If you expect a replacement, which language?

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    Abhinandan Chatterjee

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    Mar 12 2012: JAVA is a good option. I don't know how people will speak it though :)

    Jokes apart. English is here to stay i guess. While Mandarin comes close, it's a distant thought (Farther than 50 years) because I don't see how a French person could end up speaking Mandarin by choice.

    Cheers

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