Article: INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE International language is sometimes called the universal language, a language intended to be used by people of different

linguistic backgrounds to facilitate communication among them and to reduce the misunderstandings and antagonisms caused by language differences. An international language is usually intended not to supplant existing mother tongues but to play a secondary or auxiliary role as it furthers international communication. There are several kinds of international languages. These include artificial languages; national languages used outside their national boundaries; and national languages used in a modified, usually greatly simplified form. Have you ever wondered what is the international language? The answer is English! Well, it is not really that surprising as we usually communicate with the English language. You dont see us going around and talking in Spanish or French right? In fact, English is the world's second largest native language, the official language in 70 countries, and English-speaking countries are responsible for about 40% of world's total Gross National Product (GNP). English can be at least understood almost everywhere among scholars and educated people, as it is the world media language, and the language of cinema, TV, pop music and the computer world. All over the planet people know many English words, their pronunciation and meaning. English, the Universal language, is one of the simplest and easiest natural languages in the world. The concept of simplicity is undeniable: English is an easy language to learn, understand and speak. A complex language such as Hungarian would be a very unlikely candidate for a universal language. First of all, English Language uses Latin alphabet, the most universal, simple and short one (only the Greek alphabet is shorter and simpler). In addition, in English, the Latin alphabet presents its most "clean" form as a true alphabet with only 26 basic letters and no diacritics. There are other strong languages that, due to population and economic power, could be universal languages, but they have a number of disadvantages when compared with English. The major Romance languages, such as French, Spanish and Portuguese, have fewer inflections than most of languages, but their verb conjugation is very complicated. In addition, Russian has both complex verb conjugations and numerous noun declensions. If the universal language is a difficult language to learn, who will be using it? Therefore, those languages are simply not suitable to be the universal language and I think everyone will agree on this. We are just lucky that the language used by the whole wide world is the simplest and the easiest, even though those are not the reasons they are the international language. The causes for this universality are very well known and understandable. English first began to spread during the 16th century with British Empire and was strongly reinforced in 20th by USA world domination in economic, political and military aspects and by the huge influence of American movies.

Over the years, English has brought to us at the international level. English language comes to our aid in our commercial transactions throughout the globe. English is a means not only for international commerce; it has become increasingly essential for inter-state commerce and communication. In India, people going from North to South for education or business mostly communicate in English, which has become a link language. Keeping this in mind, the Parliament has also recognized English as an official language in addition to Hindi. All the facts of history and developments in present day India underline the continued importance of learning English in addition to vernaculars. It is obvious that English is important in many ways. English language is one tool to establish our viewpoint. We can learn from others experience. We can check the theories of foreigners against our experience. We can reject the untenable and accept the tenable. We can also propagate our theories among the international audience and readers. Present-day English is an immensely varied language, having absorbed material from many other tongues. It is spoken by more than 300 million native speakers, and between 400 and 800 million foreign users. It is the official language of air transport and shipping; the leading language of science, technology, computers, and commerce; and a major medium of education, publishing, and international negotiation. See, English is used by every kind of people daily for various kinds of reasons. Thats why I have the confidence to say that the English language is without a doubt the international language.