How soon will the world speak one universal language?
Will all the humans on this planet speak one language some day?
Should there be a universal language? How many and what languages should one learn in order to be able to speak to at least 90% of all humans? How many languages are spoken in the world? When can a country speak its own language at the UN if theirs is not one of the official five or six? Why are humans capable of language? How many languages are there in world? Where do people speak multiple languages (3+) on a daily basis? Are you going to think in a foreign language if you live there long enough? Is there any countries in which national language are not widely spoken and why? How many active spoken languages are there in the world? How were different languages created across the world? Since we're all humans, shouldn't all languages be generally the same? What is the least amount of languages you would need to be able to speak to communicate with 90% (or a definitive vast majority) of the world's population? And what are they? Do people in the Balkans speak the same language? What would it be like if the whole world was one nation? How true is it that Scandinavians speak to each other in their own native language when they go to each others' countries? What share of the world population is bilingual? Does how a language sound represent the character of the nation? Every year several languages die out. Some people think that this is not important because life will be easier if there are fewer language in the world. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion? Can tone-deaf people speak tonal languages (like Mandarin, Cantonese, etc.)? Is sign language universal among deaf people, or are there different varieties for different countries? If the European Union were to become the United States of Europe what language would be the official language, if there could only be one? Can Esperanto become the national language of India? How do I travel the world, while not knowing a thousand languages? Will humanity ever become a single "nation" on Earth? Why are there so many languages in the world? Can my phone speak a next language to someone else? Can we learn 2 languages at the same time? Is language necessary for humans to think? What is the first language spoken by humans? What percentage of the American people speak a foreign language?