45 1 A world of English than your parents did at your age. Maybe you even use some words that your parents don’t understand? So what will the widespread use of English mean for the smaller, native languages in the world? Will they disappear? It is hard to predict the future of a language. What we do know is that a lot of people have strong feelings when it comes to this topic. Our language is part of our identity. Even though English is a language that will continue to grow in the foreseeable future, it is not likely that we will end up with one language like in the story of Babel. The whole world will never speak the same native tongue. But maybe, thanks to English, communication will improve, across borders, cultures and native languages. widespread – útbreitt to predict – spá foreseeable – fyrirsjáanlegt likely – líklegt to improve – bæta Tower of Babel (1563), Pieter the Elder Bruegel
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