English Language Invasion

There are a lot of different languages in the world, each one of them is unique and special. And that is the main problem that causes confusion and mix of different languages. This problem is well know for Lithuanians because from XV century then Lithuania and Poland has, united together two different languages started to mix and there were many problems and disagreements between allies. In XV century ways of preserving language was rather brutal than now. So what are the main problems and how do other countries try to keep their language clean nowadays?

Many years China was in the shell hiding from the outer world. Recently she opened borders for foreign market and entertainment that caused a huge migration to China. The purity of Chinese language was damaged. A lot of foreign words, especially English, started to intrude and mix with Chinese language. French are fighting with the same problem. English language invaded into different areas such as press, and cinema. There were two suggestions for this problem. First one is to ban English words from the press and other public information sources and translate it into Chinese and the second solution was to make a footnote with French translation underneath. Nevertheless the English language continued the invasion. A lot of people agreed and supported the mix of different language. Chinese children were eager to learn English and demanded for English class in their school and French companies insisted that all the top meetings and documents should be in English so called “universal language”.  Moreover researchers said that mix of different languages is global phenomenon and it is a positive sign of cultural exchange and assimilation.

All in all, the mix of different languages is inevitable as the people became more cosmopolitan. Researches showed that people who are bilingual are more intelligent then the one’s who know only its native language. So it is a good idea to mix and teach more then one language but it is important to not forget your native language, because long ago there were people that sacrificed their lives to protect the culture and language of their country.