On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 9:54 PM, Mark Williamson<[email protected]> wrote:
> I disagree. All languages that have had a chance of becoming world > lingua francas - English, French, perhaps Spanish, are some recent > examples - were not only the languages of economic or political > powers, they were also the languages of vast colonial empires. You're working on the assumption that China won't colonise anywhere. I have the feeling they're going to burst and spray their populace across the greater part of the continent at some point. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
