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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 4 of 4 1 2 3 4 Re: Spanish as a growing language #18175 02/09/01 12:03 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 Changing the subject, does anyone know how the worldwide numbers of (native) Spanish speakers stack up against either English or Chinese? And how the numbers are changing over time? Short answer: around 200 million Native Spanish speakers, up from maybe 150 million over the last 25 years - compared to maybe 700-1000 million Chinese speakers, and only 100 million German speakers. Long answer: see the posting on wider issues of Language Demographics http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=miscellany&Number=16487&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: German as a Global Language #18176 02/10/01 08:05 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England [opinion] Harry Turtledove: wonderful imagination... hack writer. [/opinion] [corroboration]Agreed.[/corroboration] The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Alternative history #18177 02/10/01 02:46 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA W wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA May I recommend to you a book about what would have happened if the Cuban Missle Crisis had not been "settled" without multiple missle launches : author, Brendan DuBois, title: "Resurrection Day," published in USA/Canada by G.P. Putnam & Sons (Penguin-Putnam Inc.) ISBN : 0-399-14498-6. Whacking good read. wow Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 4 of 4 1 2 3 4 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,386 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 790 guests, and 3 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 35 A C Bowden 27 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,570 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,920 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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