Chinese mandarin could get easily get back to its Lingua Franca status in its area of cultural dominance: Japan, Korea, Vietnam, and it could spread from there. It is actually easy and fun to learn the basics, no grammar, just little cute Lego blocks you have to draw, while if you master it you get access to the richest literature and poetry.
I use 3 languages daily, some colleagues have 4, 5... Come on, valley' men, stop thinking languages are hard. It's hard only if you think all the others should talk English e basta.
I use 3 languages daily, some colleagues have 4, 5... Come on, valley' men, stop thinking languages are hard. It's hard only if you think all the others should talk English e basta.