tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4678648452167386071.post7197615702660246447..comments2014-08-26T23:23:15.111-04:00Comments on John Fossil: Why Chinese Will Never be the Global LanguageJohn Melnykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05756558560611985348noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4678648452167386071.post-34045886222236789082014-08-26T23:23:15.111-04:002014-08-26T23:23:15.111-04:00J. Fossil. I like your analysis of Chinese. Puttin...J. Fossil. I like your analysis of Chinese. Putting it together with Jonahthon Rice's comment...with which I agree.....I call you to put your compassion together and learn Esperanto the language based on logic and compassion. Thousands are learning it every major country of the world, including China, and I have more reliable life-long friends who speak it, than several other languages that I studied. Thousands....it isn't being done in English.....neil.nachumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08590577830508561113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4678648452167386071.post-7982266266032919042014-08-24T12:31:28.296-04:002014-08-24T12:31:28.296-04:00I think you were definitely spot on John, but ther...I think you were definitely spot on John, but there are few other major non-linguistic influences at play that were not included in your picture. That map of official English speaking nations? It's essentially just a map of British colonies where English was forced down their throats. While colonialism is a thing of the past, China does flex their muscles with a form of neocolonialism (economic) throughout Africa. Other than colonialism people go where the money is and that has been focused in English speaking nations which is changing swiftly. http://d2rr1abu0ljhqx.cloudfront.net/.../economic-centre...<br /><br />But I think for Chinese to have a chance at becoming a global language they need to at the very least overhaul their writing system, the tones would be nice too.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06923374845421914974noreply@blogger.com