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I believe English will continue to spread as the world's lingua franca. Although other languages like mandarin are spoken by a large population, it is considerably more difficult to learn and master than English.

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I think that a language will over come English in the future

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I think English will remain the lingua franca because we as a countr are expanding fast and we speak english

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i believe that yes, English will remain as the lingua franca. i also think that no language will replace it because it is much easier than mandarin.

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I personally think that English will remain as the lingua franca cause it's how everybody communicates with one another around the world.

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I believe that English will stay the lingua franca because most of the world already knows it or is learning it. Changing it will make things more difficult for those learning it and it will make it harder for those who have already learned it.

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I think English will remain the world's lingua franca because it is already diffused all around the world and English is not as hard of language to learn.

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I believe that english is going to remain as the lingua franca of the world because of how its spoken in other countries other than the USA

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I don't think that mandarin will be a lingua franco because it is complex and complicated for others to quickly learn.

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English will stay as the lingua franca because it's just simple and easy to learn than mandarin an it already widespread around the world most of the world know how to speak english.

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I think English will stay as the world's lingua franca because it is widespread and you will find English speakers in many countries which will increase the amount of English speakers

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i think that English will remain as a lingua France because first of all its so widespread and second of all they are even teaching English in other countries

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i think that english will stay the lingua franca of the world,because it is spoken by alot of people around the world

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I think that English will remain as the lingua franca. Lke the article stated, English is very simplified compared to other languages. We tend to use less description with things, causing it to be broad and more simple. Friend in English can mean male or female, but in Spanish, you have to choose based on which the person is, causing the translation to be 2 words. I don't think Mandarin will take over because it's hard to learn. The writing is so difficult to master due to there being many letters and symbols.

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i feel through time a bigger language will take over, it may be from population wise or just the over all explosion of an economy of another place. for now english seems to be an overall easy to communicate and it has been for a while so i'm thinking it's here to stay for a long while

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I do believe English will remain the lingua franca because of how widely it is spread. Also because of how easy it is to learn compared to other languages.

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I believe English will remain the world's lingua franca because it's already very widespread. Also, I think English is fairly more simple than Mandarin, making it easier to learn.

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I think English will stay because of it's simplicity and wide area of use

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I believe that English will remain as a lingua franca , because of its widespread use in a majority of the world's countries .

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I think English will stay the lingua franca because it is spread throughtout the world greatly.

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I think that english will remain, because like it said in the begining "A Russian, a Korean, and a Mexican walk into a bar. How do they communicate?In English, if at all, even though it’s not anyone’s native language."

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I think that english will remain, because like it said in the begining "A Russian, a Korean, and a Mexican walk into a bar. How do they communicate?In English, if at all, even though it’s not anyone’s native language."

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Its not like if i walk into the bar w/ them im going to speak russian or something. im going to speak english.

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i think that english will stay the lingua franca because it's used all around the world and many countries already teach the english language.

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I think English will stay the lingua franca because it's so widespread. Also, many immigrants go to countries where English is mainly spoken, so I think the number of English speakers will continue to grow.

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I think that English will remain as a lingua franca due to its widespread use in almost every single country. If any other language could potentially be Spanish or another indo European language that is common in many areas

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I think that English will stay the lingua franca, It used worldwide and has become very common

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English will stay as a lingua franca.

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English will continue

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I think will remain the lingua franca because i'm pretty sure a lot of countries are teaching English

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English probably gonna stay the lingua franca

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i dont think that any language will be able to overcome english just because if its the worlds lingua franca why would they have to go through the trouble of learning another language

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I think English will stay as the world's lingua franca because English is more common and simple.

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English is in to many placegus for it to be taken over by Mandarin. So many people know English as their second language.

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I think English will remain a lingua franca because majority of people who speak know at least some English, and it's most common.

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English is a world wide language and will probably stay like that for a while since most of the world already has to learn English, since it's so globalized.

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i feel like english will still remain since a lot of people are learinging and english has been spread out throught the world so alot of people will speak english.

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I think English will stay because of how direct and simple it is. Like the article said, there is no gender or formal way of speaking in English like there is in some other languages. People from other countries also want to learn how to speak English so in my opinion it will remain the same.

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Because english is the lingua franca and since it will continue spreading most likely it will remain it too .

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I think that English will remain the world's lingua franca because it is widely spread around through pop culture

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i think English will remain being a Lingua Franca because more then half the world can already speak English

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Mandarin won't be a lingua franca because of the type of people learning it in China. In the USA, immigrants and refugees come in all the time while the population of the US is still growing. People are way more diverse in the US, than China. In China, their population comes from their births, and not mostly immigrants, so with that mostly Chinese people speak Mandarin, while Many types of people from different religions, ethnicity, and countries speak English.

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I think that English will remain the top language because it has too much control over pop culture

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I think that English will remain the world's lingua franca because so many people are learning when they are younger nowadays, and mandarin isn't typically learned as a secondary language in the west.

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I feel like English will remain the world's lingua franca because there are still a lot of people who use it worldwide. Even if English isn't the most common language I still think its spread out a lot more than others. Especially because of technology. Plus, its more neutral to gender and for some its easier to learn since its a second language for a lot of different people.

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I think that English will remain a lingua france, because it is already commonly spoken, and people know it for trade reasons, and as a "bridge". I don't think English will be replaced, but if it did, I think it would be an Indo-European language.

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I believe English will the lingua franca because this language is rapidly diffused as people travel to other regions in the world and spread it.

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I think English will stay the worlds lingua franca because in most countries the schools language class that is mandatory is english. I dont see any other language taking over even in the far future.

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English will indeed remain the worlds lingua franca because it is preffered by everyone over mandarin, english also appeals to each gender causing everyone to be happy with english

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I think English is going to stay Lingua Franca because English has been around for a long time and most people communicate in English

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I think English will remain in lingua franca because it is a lot easier to understand and learn rather than mandarin.

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I think English will stay because we don’t have all of the verb rules and gender rules that other languages have but we do have A LOT OF EXCEPTIONS which is why English is one of the hardest language to learn. If there wasn’t going to be a language to beat English it would most likely be Spanish because Spanish is close to English but a little bit different.

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English or a descendant of it will always be lingua franca simply by how much power it has over pop culture, and how many a person has been introduce to English from it, unlike Mandarin Chinese, which isn't normally heard in TV and movies here, English TV is present everywhere

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I believe that English will remain the world's lingua franca because everybody always refers it to be a language that you should already know and plus a lot of people who speak other languages say its an easy one to remember .

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I think that English will remain the lingua franca because more people prefer it over mandarin and it is a gender neutral which makes it easier to use certain words.

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If there is gonna be a lot of people moving around if say there is still going to be English in langua franca

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If there is gonna be a lot of people moving around if say there is still going to be English in langua franca

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-Eyobe Tilahun

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I think that English will remain in lingua franca because so many speak it and people traveling in and out of the country will spread it even more and keep it in the country.

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English will remain a lingua franca for the world as long as people continue to travel.

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I believe that English WILL remain the lingua franca bc english is very commonly spoken and alot of ppl know about it so it wont go away.

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I believe English will stay the world's lingua franca because most people find it convenient.

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I think that English will still be the Lingua Franca because it is a transparent language which will make it easier for ppl to use.

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I think English will remain the lingua franca because the article mentioned that English is a lot more simple and easy to learn than other languages.

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I believe in the future the worlds popular lingua franca will change,inn the future we may discover more languages and if not then there are plenty of other languages out there with the chance of becoming as popular as the english language

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English is a language that is universally spoken by many people and people know what English is but Mandarin is a language used for business purposes in China so the probability of Mandarin being a lingua franca isn't high. As popular culture is diffusing, the English language is going to be known by more and more people. so yeaaa.....

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I believe that English is still be the lingua franca, because people around the world mostly have to communicate by English, and Mandarin is only spoke in China,Taiwan and Singapore and not people want to learn their language as a second language or third.

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i believe English will remain the world's lingua franca because it is well known and easier to learn than mandarin

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I believe that english will remain the lingua franca because as china develops so will the u.s. and therefore ppl will need to speak english even more.

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I believe that English will still remain the world's lingua franca because it's already taught in many different countries. Plus, it would be easier to keep the lingua franca the same so you wouldn't have to go through the process of learning a whole other language.

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Since English has been the lingua franca for so long I doubt that they would ever change it.

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I think that English will still be used as a lingua france. But I think that could change if majority of the worlds population decides to learn a different common language as their second language.

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I believe English will continue to spread as the world's lingua franca. Although other languages like mandarin are spoken by a large population, it is considerably more difficult to learn and master than English. If English was not to take the place as the world's lingua franca, then I believe Spanish is most likely to take it's place.

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English is obviously going to remain as the lingua franca. Its well known. An have been used for quite a bit of time so why change it now.

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I do believe that English will be the world's lingua franca because of the amount of people who use it for business and education. If English gets replaced, I believe Spanish will take over because of its ranking of the amount of people who speak the language. Mandarin is a very difficult language to learn.

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I believe that English will remain the world's lingua franca because more and more people will use it all over the world. English will become the second language many people learn.
If Mandarin is not to replace English as a lingua franca, I think Spanish will most likely replace English, if need be.

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I believe English will remain as the world's Lingua Franca because it has been it for the longest time, and it would cause a major upset in lots of places if they have to learn a completely new language.

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I think English will still be continued as a lingua franca

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I believe English will remain one of many languages around the world. I think it'll remain a Lingua Franca, but if it doesn't i believe spanish will take over.

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English is one of the most known languages around the world. It's hard to state my opinion, considering the fact that I have always spoken English, but I still do believe that English should remain as the Lingua Franca. Although Mandarin is one of the most popular languages, it is harder to learn, harder to speak. There is no reason for many different regions to be confused by one language even though most of them already know English.

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I think that English will continue to remain as the lingua franca. Spanish-speaking countries could become more influential politically or economically, which might push Spanish to be a possible lingua franca in the future.

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I think English will remain a Lingua Franca, because it is very well known. If another language takes it's place I think it would be Spanish, because it's easy to learn and also is spoken in many places.

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I believe that based on the English speakers conquering of a large part of the world, English will remain the world's lingua franca. It is already so highly integrated into the world's society, so it will most likely not lose its place anytime soon.

Alternatively, it is possible, however unlikely, that English could be passed by a language that is more widely spoken, such as Mandarin or Spanish. However, this is very improbable.

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i think english will continue to be a lingua franca because around the world kids are being taught to speak English. but at the same time china is the majority of the world population and they mostly speak mandarin chinese . i think it could go either way .

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I think English will remain a linga franca around the world atleast  for our generation maybe in the future considering the high percentage of people that speak mandarin

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i think that english will continue to be a lingua franca but another language could rise to be is alternative.

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I think that English or Spanish will take over as lingua fraca because  they are both high as languages that people speak

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I don't think that any other languages will surpass English as the world's lingua franca, and that if a language does, it's most likely to be French or Spanish.

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I think english will remain a lingua franca beacause english is already being taught in many other countries to children in school so

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Naji.A        Dang im glad i know English.

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Naji.A        Dang im glad i know English.

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yee haw

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I think that for now English will be the lingua Franca because so many people are learning it as their first language or in other times their second language. This will probably change as in some time periods Spanish has surpassed the language as the lingua franca.

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I think that English will remain in its place. It is already a language that is being taught all around the world, why should it be replaced now?

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I think that English will stay the lingua franca. I think it is possible for another language to be the lingua franca but it will take time and patients. I think that Spanish could be a lingua franca because a vast majority of people speak Spanish as there first or second language.

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I think english will remain the lingua franca because it is very commonly known and one of the easiest languages to learn. Also a vast majority of the world already uses lingua franca so if we were to change it a lot of people would have to learn a new language.

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I do not think that any other language will replace English as the main lingua franca because it is relatively easy to learn how to speak and write in English and in many parts of the world they start to learn how to speak English since 1st grade and also "English has no gender" as the artice says which is true in most parts like when you say "they" when there is a group of females in Spanish you would say ellas and for boys t would be ellos and in French elles or girls and boys is ils but in English its just they

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I believe that English will stay as the world's lingua franca, because it'll take way too much work for a change in language. People already know English and some are being taught English. If some other language other than Mandarin takes over as the lingua franca, I think it'll be from the Romance Branch. Most of the languages in the Romance Brance

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I think English will stay the lingua franca because it's more common. And people aren't going to want to learn a whole new different language just for business unless we are desperate enough to make drastic changes then maybe.

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I don´t think that another language will replace the worlds lingua frana from English.. The language would not be hanged for a long time and Mandarin will not take over English.  

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I don´t think that another language will replace the worlds lingua frana from English.. The language would not be hanged for a long time and Mandarin will not take over English.  

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Jordan Wilson

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What about Spanish as the world's lingua franca? It has passed English with the percentage of speakers. There are a lot of Spanish speakers in the world and a lot of people who know Spanish as a second language. What about Spanish? ?por favor?

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I think English will stay the lingua franca because its already being used commonly within a job,business, etc.