Sizce evrensel diller nelerdir?

-En popüler dilleri sýralamak istenirse, Ýngilizce, Almanca ve Fransýzcayý listenin baþýnda saymam gerekir. Bunun birçok nedeni olduðunu tahmin edersiniz. Benim ilk baþta aklýma gelen þey bu dilleri konuþan ülkelerin Dünya savaþlarý sonrasý kazanýmlarý yanýsýra bilimde ve teknikteki muhteþem geliþmeleridir.

 Which do you think are the global languages?

- if we want to list the most popular languages, I have to put English, German and French at the head of the list. You can guess there are a lot of reasons for this. The first things that come to my mind is that the countries that speak these languages gained many things after the First World War and also have developed wonderfully in science and technical areas.

Hmmm .... what about Chinese, Spanish, and the various languages spoken in India, which really are spoken by more people in the world than German or French?

 Spanish yes...but Chinese...

Is this your opinion seyit? or a quote from somewhere else?

The following was an opinion from 9 years ago:

About 1,113 million people speak Chinese as their mother tongue, whereas about 372 million speak English. And yet English is still the world´s second most common native language, though it is likely to lose second place within fifty years to the South Asian linguistic group whose leading members are Hindi and Urdu. In 2050, according to a model of language use .......the world will hold 1,384 million native speakers of Chinese, 556 million of Hindi and Urdu, and 508 million of English. As native languages Spanish and Arabic will be almost as common as English, with 486 million and 482 million speakers respectively. And among young people aged fifteen to twenty-four English is expected to be in fourth place, behind not only Chinese and the Hindi-Urdu languages but also Arabic, and just ahead of Spanish.

Taken from this article:

http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2000/11/wallraff.htm

Is this your opinion seyit? or a quote from somewhere else?

The following was an opinion from 9 years ago:

About 1,113 million people speak Chinese as their mother tongue, whereas about 372 million speak English. And yet English is still the world´s second most common native language, though it is likely to lose second place within fifty years to the South Asian linguistic group whose leading members are Hindi and Urdu. In 2050, according to a model of language use .......the world will hold 1,384 million native speakers of Chinese, 556 million of Hindi and Urdu, and 508 million of English. As native languages Spanish and Arabic will be almost as common as English, with 486 million and 482 million speakers respectively. And among young people aged fifteen to twenty-four English is expected to be in fourth place, behind not only Chinese and the Hindi-Urdu languages but also Arabic, and just ahead of Spanish.

Taken from this article:

http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2000/11/wallraff.htm

Dear friend Henry, It was only my opinion. But it wasn´t about being widespread but strength of English spoken countries in global affairs. And popularity in learning as a second language in most countries. What do you think about my post, now?

I agree English is a popular second language. Travellers tend to concentrate on languages that are relevant to them (Spanish, German, French etc).

The article I quoted from seems to also agree with you. Many non-English speaking countries have compulsory basic English classes for younger students. English is also the language for international aviation.

In Australia when I was younger, basic German and French were taught for a few months in school, to give students a taste of foreign languages. Now these languages are less important to students, and no longer compulsory.

Certainly for global affairs, and major global news services, English is important.

Maybe as China and India become stronger with their world influence, the importance of knowing their language will also be necessary for politicians and business people.

Certainly in Australia,  people based in India, (that speak excellent English,) are staffing 24 hour call centres for Australian and International Companies. By learning English, they have taken the opportunity to win service contracts, and strengthen the Indian economy. Unfortunately many of these jobs were originally in Australia, so not everyone is happy. 

  So I advise to Australian people to learn Indian native language and make business in there.

Last semester in college and I remember my professor giving a lecture on statistics. He mentions that the majority of statistics are 75 percent wrong.  Many factors can change the outcome of human demographics.  If you look at the reality of languages, despite the large populations of the world, in the many countries, English is very much spoken.  Consider many businesses are conducted in English. I myself work in an industry, that many of our international clients would prefer we speak English to them, even if we are trained in their languages.  Just an observation....