Tibbits: Language value

Many feel that investing in language is worth. Of course, this is true since the old China days.

Language comes with knowledge but for whom are eligible is a question to think and answer should be sorted out especially for the poor countries.

So this text is long but worth your time to ponder:

The promulgation of English as the world’s “lingua franca” is impractical and linguistically undemocratic. I say this as a native English speaker!

Impractical because communication should be for all and not only for an educational or political elite. That is how English is used internationally at the moment.
Undemocratic because minority languages are under attack worldwide due to the encroachment of majority ethnic languages. Even Mandarin Chinese is attempting to dominate as well. The long-term solution must be found and a non-national language, which places all ethnic languages on an equal footing is essential. As a native English speaker, my vote is for Esperanto

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