Yeah, but there are probably more of Mandarin speakers than all the others combined.
Native English speakers are definitely a minority globally. And I’m not even saying taking over, just that in some places it might be an additional one, and English won’t be the language, only a language.
To the point that not knowing Mandarin at all might be a similar disadvantage in the world as not knowing English at all.
Yeah, but there are probably more of Mandarin speakers than all the others combined.
Native English speakers are definitely a minority globally. And I’m not even saying taking over, just that in some places it might be an additional one, and English won’t be the language, only a language.
To the point that not knowing Mandarin at all might be a similar disadvantage in the world as not knowing English at all.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_total_number_of_speakers#Ethnologue_(2024)
The stats seem to indicate that English is the most spoken language still, though Mandarin wins on first language speakers by far which makes sense.