The original message states that English speaking peoples of the world are a minority behind Mandrin speaking peoples, and Hindi is a close third. Well guess what... In India (Where Hindi is spoken!) The universal language of trade, in all provinces is you guessed it, ENGLISH.
Look it up, but even the Hindi speakers of the world realize that the language of global business is always the language of the man with the $$$.
The U.S. is the most powerful nation in the world, with the strongest economy(Thus the man with the $$$). Population base means nothing by comparison.
How many of those Mandrin people do you think are still living in huts, with no electricity or running water? A far greater proportion I would wager than that in the United States, Canada, The U.K. or any of the other English speaking nations of the world.
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The original message states that English speaking peoples of the world are a minority behind Mandrin speaking peoples, and Hindi is a close third. Well guess what... In India (Where Hindi is spoken!) The universal language of trade, in all provinces is you guessed it, ENGLISH.
Look it up, but even the Hindi speakers of the world realize that the language of global business is always the language of the man with the $$$.
The U.S. is the most powerful nation in the world, with the strongest economy(Thus the man with the $$$). Population base means nothing by comparison.
How many of those Mandrin people do you think are still living in huts, with no electricity or running water? A far greater proportion I would wager than that in the United States, Canada, The U.K. or any of the other English speaking nations of the world.