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To: TimF who wrote (101511)	2/21/2005 7:42:28 PM
From: aladin	Read Replies (1) of 793756

Tim, English will win. We don't mind adding 'foreign' words and phrases. But I should add that English 100 years from now might be as different from English today as todays is from 200 years ago. Its strength is its adaptability. There is no cultural ministry here or in the UK looking to delete French or Portugese phrases and words to keep the culture 'pure' (Brazil and France have such ministries). Now as to Hindi -> is a large language, but is not pervasive even in India - Of the official languages, approximately 403 million people, or about 43 percent of the estimated total 1995 population, speak Hindi as their mother tongue. countrystudies.us China - Its less clear, the government has been working since 1949 to promote Standard Mandarin, but many regions still speak dialects. The most recent survey I could find had about 100 million Cantonese, but no data on other dialects. John

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