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minus-squareWolfLink@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoEnglish is often used as an international language, and for that reason it’s the most common second language by a pretty wide margin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_total_number_of_speakers People who need to regularly speak with people from a wide variety of countries learn English.
minus-squareTankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoAnd? Not many people would find it easy to learn a new language regardless of the internationality of any particular language. It sounds like ethnocentrism to presume everyone can speak the English language.
English is often used as an international language, and for that reason it’s the most common second language by a pretty wide margin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_total_number_of_speakers
People who need to regularly speak with people from a wide variety of countries learn English.
And? Not many people would find it easy to learn a new language regardless of the internationality of any particular language. It sounds like ethnocentrism to presume everyone can speak the English language.