What will be the next lingua franca?

Mandarin
As the population and global influence of China increase it becomes clear that in time, Mandarin would be close to becoming the next lingua franca in the future.

What is the lingua franca of the world?

English
More than 350 million in the world has been speaking English as their first language. On the other hand, almost half a billion people are using English as their second language. It is considered to be the world’s lingua franca since English being used as the major language in many countries worldwide.

Why is Mandarin the lingua franca in China?

Answer Wiki. Mandarin has become a lingua franca in China because it’s related to various vernacular languages (erroneously called ‘dialects’) like Cantonese, Shanghainese, Hokkien and Teochew, which also have the advantage of using, more or less, the same writing system, but outside Greater China, I doubt it can become one.

Should foreigners learn Mandarin to do business in China?

Fluency in Mandarin will always be helpful for foreigners doing business in China, much like mastery of Portuguese will give you a leg up in Brazil. But Mandarin poses no threat to English as the world’s bridge language, the second tongue people turn to when communicating and doing commerce across borders.

What is Standard Mandarin Chinese based on?

Standard Mandarin Chinese is based on the particular dialect spoken in Beijing, with some lexical and syntactic influence from other Mandarin dialects. It is the official spoken language of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Taiwan (Republic of China, ROC), as well as one of the four official languages of Singapore.

What is the official language of China?

China is a vast, multilingual nation that is well-known for its linguistic diversity. There is general consensus among Chinese scholars that since antiquity, different regional dialects have always coexisted with a national lingua franca mínzú gòngtóngyŭ (

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