Do you agree or disagree with one global language?

Question

If you could sign a contract that forces every single person to learn the same language, would you? It's hard for me to answer this one. Although I really do love how different languages lets you see inside a society's culture and history, I cant seem to find anything wrong with everybody speaking one same language...

Perhaps the only thing I could think of is it would make language a whole lot more boring... What do you all think?

Answer 1

I would never support that - Everyone has a right to their native language, it is up to the individual to decide how they want to communicate with the outside world. If we are to speak one language, it would be because we want to, not because we are forced to 'for our own good' - that would only breed widespread resentment. Even if people eventually came to see the pragmatic side of it, it wouldn't bring anyone closer together by itself, so it would be self defeating.



English is the de facto international language anyway. Compared to many languages it is simple, so it is easy to understand even when spoken very badly. It is good enough for now, even if I as an English native can see the value in having it change. The successor to English will be even simpler and have more widespread appeal, then another successor will be more poetic, then another successor will be more logical, then another successor will have more words of reverence for our new robot masters....



Eventually we will all forget we ever spoke different languages. That will happen in the year 3000, so we should all just accept we are in the dark ages of communication and try and enjoy it, because by the time it is all gone it will be a novelty that our jetpack riding soylent green eating hive minded future civilisation will romanticise and pine over :)

Answer 2

There has been many attempts at a global language and well its obvious its never going to happen. Cantonese (Chinese) is the most spoken numbers wise but its too complicated to learn and even Chinese are suffering more illiteracy from it. English is the closest we have because its spoken in the most countries across the world.



One of the major problems with a global language is the limits of individual languages as is. An idea on one language can not always be expressed in another so it would be far too easy to accidentally leave certain ideas out of a language.



A highly advanced automatic translation method would actually be more likely to happen than a global language. I mean i do want people to communicate but its just far too complicated to unify language.

Answer 3

A way for us all to communicate with each other great, but at the same time individuality and different nationalities is nice as well!!

When you go some where you would know what you were ordering off a menu. You can communicate easier if there was an emergency. No need for all those language classes in school which could be focused on spending the time to teach other things.

Answer 4

I think that I would support it as a choice, but not as something that is forced. If it would be taught in schools as a second language, I would support it, but part of that would be to allow people to have a first language. Language is a beautiful thing, and it would be terrible to lose it.

Creating one language would be hard, though, as certain languages have words for certain things, and cultures have different things that other cultures might not be able to identify.

Answer 5

I think it would make life more functional. I would sign such a contract. The interest in life is not in language. A culture and history can be understood in any language.



In my opinion the global language ought to be Latin.

Answer 6

Disagree :D !!



Who ever decides to create this rule in the future will be one dumb mofo -__- !



Languages relates to religion, food, culture, background, ancestors and well basically everything!

Answer 7

Why not?? one language to speak to the world, and their native one if they want to, isn´t that whats happening with English anyway?

Answer 8

disagree