There were many lingua francas of which French was supposedly the first global lingua franca. That changed and it became English (from what I understand). We will probably see another language become the lingua franca, so my question is: should it be English? Are there better candidates out there? Why / why not?
Yeah, of course, not impossible, but we won’t change from it just because. There would have to be a real reason, like as you say, crazy technology advancements or an insane apocalypse makes its widespread use die out.
People have never been this connected, so it’s not going to change anywhere near as easily as it has in the past, is my point.
I wouldn’t say it changed easily, but fair point.
Yup, not “easily” but in comparison to what I personally believe it would take to change now ^^
Hehe, yeah, you’re right :)