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It could be said plausibly that mathematics is the universal language of the world that all are capable of understanding.
It could be said plausibly that mathematics is the universal language of the world that all are capable of understanding.


[[wikipedia:Lingua_franca|Lingua Franca]]
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           American Globalism - 1945 AD - present
           American Globalism - 1945 AD - present


During the Renaissance, standard Italian was spoken as a language of culture in the main royal courts of Europe, and among intellectuals.


By the 18th century, classical French usurped Latin in international treaties, starting with the Treaty of Rasstatt (1714), which marked the end of the War of Succession in Spain. This was the beginning of French as a langue diplomatique.


[https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/how-and-why-did-english-supplant-french-as-the-world-s-lingua-franca How And Why Did English Supplant French As The World’s Lingua Franca?]
At present it [Spanish] is the second most used language in international trade, and the third most used in politics, diplomacy and culture after English and French.


[https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/jul/27/english-language-global-dominance Behemoth, bully, thief: how the English language is taking over the planet]
French might have been spoken in the courts of Europe all the way to Russia — it is the language of the nobility, including Catherine II, who used it in correspondence and daily communication — but English was the language of money, and money talks louder than philosophy. The Victorian City of London was the financial center of the world and most of its business was directed outwards and overseas, not domestically.


[https://www.quora.com/What-were-the-dominant-languages-in-history What were the dominant languages in history?]






During the Renaissance, standard Italian was spoken as a language of culture in the main royal courts of Europe, and among intellectuals.
[https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/how-and-why-did-english-supplant-french-as-the-world-s-lingua-franca How And Why Did English Supplant French As The World’s Lingua Franca?]


By the 18th century, classical French usurped Latin in international treaties, starting with the Treaty of Rasstatt (1714), which marked the end of the War of Succession in Spain. This was the beginning of French as a langue diplomatique.
[https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/jul/27/english-language-global-dominance Behemoth, bully, thief: how the English language is taking over the planet]


At present it [Spanish] is the second most used language in international trade, and the third most used in politics, diplomacy and culture after English and French.
[https://www.quora.com/What-were-the-dominant-languages-in-history What were the dominant languages in history?]
 
French might have been spoken in the courts of Europe all the way to Russia — it is the language of the nobility, including Catherine II, who used it in correspondence and daily communication — but English was the language of money, and money talks louder than philosophy. The Victorian City of London was the financial center of the world and most of its business was directed outwards and overseas, not domestically.

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