Which is the most important/influential language after English?

[MrShabi2010]

French imo

 

[Sugarcane]

Add Punjabi in options or lock the thread

 

[EAK]

PUUUNNjabiiii

 

[Raja.Pakistani]

Your language has more influence and popularity if you colonized the most places and conquered the most across the world
English, Spanish, French, Arabic

 

[Arya Desa]

Ebonics seems like a strong contender, nawmsayin'?

 

[neehar]

probably spanish..its more spread around the world after english.arabic and chinese are more in a particular region.

 

[sovcomflot]

Mandarin/....

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

English and then Spanish.

Chinese is mostly for communication between Chinese people.

I have seen a LOT of foreigners trying to learn Chinese, and only a handful of them ever become fluent in it. I guess it's just hard for foreigners to learn, especially the writing.

 

[footmarks]

English and then Spanish.

Chinese is mostly for communication between Chinese people.

I have seen a LOT of foreigners trying to learn Chinese, and only a handful of them ever become fluent in it. I guess it's just hard for foreigners to learn, especially the writing.

It is very hard....especially to write....Nevertheless, Chinese alphabets make very beautiful tatoos

 

[jhungary]

Believe it or not, I speak English, Chinese and Spanish fluently and I wish I learnt Arabic instead

But in term of communication which is why you need languages, Spanish is the second most important

 

[AUz]

Believe it or not, I speak English, Chinese and Spanish fluently and I wish I learnt Arabic instead

But in term of communication which is why you need languages, Spanish is the second most important

Why?



How common is it in Europe to have Spanish as second language (its pretty common here in US)

 

[IamBengali]

Bengali (Bangla)

The whole world observes language day on 21st February every year. So Bangla is a very influential language. More than 300 million people all over the world speak in Bangla.

Bangla is also second language in an African country Sierra Leone. See the influence.

Official languages of Sierra Leone: English, Bengali (Bangla)

Sierra Leone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Indian national anthem is also originally written in Bangla.

'Jana Gana Mana' is the national anthem of India. Written in highly Sanskritised Bengali.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jana_Gana_Mana

 

[Raja.Pakistani]

Bengali (Bangla)

The whole world observes language day on 21st February every year. So Bangla is a very influential language. More than 300 million people all over the world speak in Bangla.

Bangla is also second language in an African country Sierra Leone. See the influence.



Sierra Leone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Indian national anthem is also originally written in Bangla.



Jana Gana Mana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I understand your love for Bengali language

but do you seriously believe that Bengali is second most influential Language at international level ?

 

[T-123456]

Russian,all the ex soviet countries use it.

 

[Trev]

Spanish is quite common as a second language worldwide, I would say mandarin but that only really spoken in China.