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the language spoken by who ever has the most money will most likely become the new buisness language and from my perspective will most likely become the japaneese because they are so smart and well educated
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I'm not to sure about this. The Japanese have created a lot of new technologies over time, but I don't think they are to become the next prevelant economy. In fact most believe that this is the reality for China. Due to the number of people, Mandarin Chinese is apparently the most widely spoken language on the planet: with English coming in 2nd and then Spanish. China is currently investing in Africa. Mandarin Chinese is taught in some schools in Zimbabwe (alongside English) and according to the BBC News there has been a 27% increase in pupils sitting the Chinese GCSE in England. With interest in language comes an interest in culture.
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soon countries will become easternized instead of westernized
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So while I think it's fair to say that the above statement is true (to an extent)...I don't think it will be because of Japanese influences.
In relation to the main topic, I don't think Japanese language and culture is dying. I just think it's reforming. For some reason, whenever people think of
modernisation, they think of
Westernisation. This is a silly mentality that people on a global scale seem to have developed, since many modern day technologies and trends were pioneered in the east. Yes, to a degree Japan has adapted to western standards, but I trully believe that all they have done is modernised.