Why Does The Whole World Speak English?

🇬🇧→🌍→🌏→🌎❓English is spoken just about everywhere today. But why did English spread so fast? And will it remain the word's lingua franca? The answers may shock you!

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⏱ TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - English as 1st vs. 2nd Language
0:22 - Languages Come and Go
0:57 - Language Spread: Aramaic vs. Hebrew
1:30 - The First Global Lingua Franca
1:54 - Why Did English Go Viral?
3:12 - The Role of the British Empire
3:36 - Right Place, Right Time
4:40 - The Rules of Language Learning
5:01 - What Role Did the U.S. Play?
5:59 - The Role of Technology
6:24 - Will English Remain the World’s Lingua Franca?
7:16 - What About Mandarin Chinese?
8:04 - The Next Lingua Franca?

📜 SOURCES & ATTRIBUTIONS:

Wikipedia contributors. "List of languages by total number of speakers." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 15 Dec. 2021. Web.

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