Dissemination of the German Language (1913)
Dissemination of the German Language (1913)
‘People, cultures, and languages all move and change, and it’s never about one factor. Who/what would you blame for English being the primary language in the US? There is no one firm answer. There was a long series of events that led to that, and it may well change again. Likewise, in what is now Germany, 100 years ago, I don’t think people would guess that English, Turkish, and Arabic would be so widely spoken, yet they are. 100 years ago, who would have expected most people in the Philippines to speak English?’–Von_Kissenburg