[RyanMcGreal]

English probably is on its way to becoming the next Latin. After the fall of the Roman Empire, Latin remained the primary language across much of Medieval Europe. Over the long term, two things happened: its local use in various European districts drifted into separate languages (French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, etc.), while the formal language ossified and died out.

[wilfra]

That was a much different World where people only communicated with those who lived in their town. International travel and the internet have both made English much, much stronger and more important.