English
is
steadily
becoming
an
international
language
,
but
not
necessarily
because
____________________
is
spoken
by
the
most
people
.
While
____________________
has
the
largest
population
of
speakers
,
its
usage
is
largely
centred
on
China
and
parts
of
Asia
.
Spanish
has
the
second
largest
number
of
speakers
,
but
only
slightly
ahead
of
English
.
However
,
while
____________________
usage
is
geographically
wider
than
Chinese
,
____________________
is
still
largely
confined
to
specific
regions
of
the
world
,
such
as
Spain
,
Central
and
South
America
and
of
course
,
in
some
migrant
communities
in
the
United
States
.
Therefore
,
the
case
for
____________________
as
global
language
becomes
more
clear
when
____________________
total
usage
is
taken
into
account
.
While
the
language
has
only
360
million
native
speakers
(
compared
to
Chinese's
1
.
2
billion
)
,
half
a
billion
more
speak
it
as
a
second
language
or
a
language
of
work
and
cultural
exchange
.
In
fact
,
more
countries
have
____________________
as
an
official
or
unofficial
second
language
than
any
other
language
.
More
than
70
percent
of
the
world's
mail
is
written
in
____________________
,
and
it
is
the
primary
language
on
the
Internet
and
in
international
business
.
Similarly
,
____________________
is
the
language
of
airline
pilots
and
air
traffic
controllers
,
and
although
French
used
to
be
the
language
of
international
diplomacy
,
____________________
has
displaced
it
throughout
the
world
.
Thus
,
____________________
has
broad
utility
as
a
medium
for
international
and
intercultural
communication
,
and
as
such
,
____________________
total
number
of
speakers
is
only
increasing
.
