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ONE LANGUAGE FOR ALL?

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    The Future of Languages
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  • How many languages are there in the world today?
    There are 7000 different languages.
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  • What did the citizens of Babel want to build?
    They wanted to build a tower tall enough to reach the top of the sky.
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  • How did the Creator confuse the citizens of Babel?
    He confused them by making different groups speak different languages.
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  • How many languages become extinct every two weeks?
    One language becomes extinct every two weeks.
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  • What languages will dominate in the future?
    Chinese, Spanish and English.
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  • Who developed Esperanto?
    L. L. Zamenhof
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  • What did Zamenhof hope?
    He hoped his newly-formed language would help bring world peace.
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  • What does the word esperanto mean?
    The word means "one who hopes".
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  • How many people speak Esperanto?
    It has 2 million speakers worldwide today.
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  • Can emoji communicate everything?
    No. If you try to communicate a complicated idea in emoji, people won't understand you.
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  • Is it true that 55% of Internet users are fluent in English?
    No, it isn't. 55% of all online communication is in English and 26% of Internet users are fluent in English..
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  • Where do we use emoji?
    In online communication.
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  • What is an extinct language?
    A language that has no speakers.
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  • The first language that you learn when you are a baby is your...
    mother tongue.
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