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**WumibBesowe** · 08-25-2010, 05:06 AM

1. That has nothing to do with language structure, but an easy quick way to type characters in your mobile phone.

2. All languages (all speakers) can adapt to new circumstances.

3. I wonder how the European Union, which is an economic superpower too, will solve its language diversity.

4. There are other languages/regions to take into account, I think. South America and Spanish/Portuguese. Africa and English/French/Arabic, all of them official in most of African countries. Bear in mind that English is an official language in India. Russian and Russia/Slavic Europe.

5. Language mixing (creolization, pidgins) are rare and only occur when at last two extremely different linguistic communities share a place. I can't imagine how such a thing would take place in the xxi century between English and Chinese.

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Many Hispanics can't speak Spanish. They're basically third or fourth generation Americans. Many just speak Spanglish, Spanish with lots of English words and expressions. The next stage for the latter and their children is full assimilation into the dominant linguistic community: English speakers.

Yes & No.
There are communities especially in parts of Texas, California & New Mexico where the latino community does not need to learn much english.

Kids in school are learning more spanish in the U.S & for jobs we are learning more spanish.

Thing is more & more latinos are becoming a majority. So eventually I think there will be a breaking point where there are more latinos than whites. At that point spanish could potentially become dominant over english.

08-25-2010, 05:06 AM	#26
WumibBesowe Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 617 Senior Member	1. That has nothing to do with language structure, but an easy quick way to type characters in your mobile phone. 2. All languages (all speakers) can adapt to new circumstances. 3. I wonder how the European Union, which is an economic superpower too, will solve its language diversity. 4. There are other languages/regions to take into account, I think. South America and Spanish/Portuguese. Africa and English/French/Arabic, all of them official in most of African countries. Bear in mind that English is an official language in India. Russian and Russia/Slavic Europe. 5. Language mixing (creolization, pidgins) are rare and only occur when at last two extremely different linguistic communities share a place. I can't imagine how such a thing would take place in the xxi century between English and Chinese. ---------- Post added 2010-08-24 at 23:01 ---------- Many Hispanics can't speak Spanish. They're basically third or fourth generation Americans. Many just speak Spanglish, Spanish with lots of English words and expressions. The next stage for the latter and their children is full assimilation into the dominant linguistic community: English speakers. Yes & No. There are communities especially in parts of Texas, California & New Mexico where the latino community does not need to learn much english. Kids in school are learning more spanish in the U.S & for jobs we are learning more spanish. Thing is more & more latinos are becoming a majority. So eventually I think there will be a breaking point where there are more latinos than whites. At that point spanish could potentially become dominant over english.
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