Friday, December 13, 2013

Global Language






             Language functions as an instrument for communication. Language makes conversation. Each nation has its own language. But because English is so widely spoken, it has often been referred to as a "world language", and while it is not an official language in most countries, it is currently the language most often taught as a foreign language. It is, by international treaty, the official language for aeronautical and maritime communications. English is one of the official languages of the United Nations and many other international organizations.
Books, magazines, and newspapers written in English are available in many countries around the world, and English is the most commonly used language in the Sciences.
This increasing use of the English language globally has had a large impact on many other languages, leading to language shift and even language death, and to claims of linguistic imperialism. English itself has become more open to language shift as multiple regional varieties feed back into the language as a whole.

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