01/04/2026
"Lingua Franca"...
《 My response to the interlinguistics in the United States and the World, with regard to the general etymology, origin, and standardization 》:
The "lingua FRANCA" decades ago, in numerous countries, was French, never German. History reveals a "lingua Franca" present, centuries ago, in Arabia and through Greek sources.
Greek and Latin form much of the etymology that has gravitated through time, and is responsible for fair amounts in English character and attribute.
Latin is particularly influential in the Romance language environment, i. e., French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese, also Romanian. Much of that may be attributed to Ecclesiastical properties stemming from ancient Rome, post Great Schism of 1054.
[ The Teutonic influence centres in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and harbours into Liechtenstein, and to an extent, the Netherlands. The variances are enormous.
There are many "dialects" in Germany itself. The same prevails in Austria. Switzerland boasting: Swiss German, French, Italian, Romansh, and some village distinct dialects.
Liechtenstein borrows some rudimentary elements and the Netherlands is similar, yet quite distant, in essence.
No, there was never a consideration to standardize German, as an interlanguage structure, in the United States. That would be extraordinarily ambiguous.
The only agreement would have to focus on "Hochdeutsch", and that would be highly formalized and, definitively, impractical to remotely consider. ]
The origin of American-English reflects on the British, the British-English-speaking settlers, and the standard was established and widely expanded.
The majority speaking a language does have an influence yet, in the case of the United States, the founding language in the culture began as English, and continues as the framework for linguistic domination, in the North American regions, as well as the number one linguistic communication exchange throughout the whole global system.
There have been remnants of petition for Spanish to take the de facto standard position in the U.S.
However, despite the large population that speaks Spanish [ my favourite is "Castilian" ], it is a bit arrogant, wholly self-serving, and inappropriate to make it the default language of this American nation and its own cultural demeanor, in view of the many rich integrated and peaceful cultures in the entire country.
The homogenous cultural segments may feel free to exercise a command of their chosen language, but the American language remains English, in every capacity, and is destined to remain, unquestionably and unchallenged, ad infinitum.
Moreover, there are many variations of the Spanish language, all over the world, of vernacular and colloquial uniqueness. The dialects are numerous and substantially varied.
English is the most "uniform" lingua architecture on an international basis, with the absolute least amount of deviation, even in light of certain "accents" and slang.
There really are no distinct "dialects" in the English language, although there may be slight pronunciation identities, certain vernacular and colloquialism considerations in the lingua portfolio.
There need be reference to original language, possible forms of hyroglifics, translation, and transliteration, not the same, at all. All differ in forms of notation with different purposes and different audiences in communication procedure.
It is mandatory to understand the differences among vernacular, colloquialism, slang, and dialects before jumping to conclusion in comparative linguistics.
The variety of regional specificity does not leave the core area of grammatical consistency, harmony, and comprehension, while utilizing the English language.
On an even wider spectrum, also understandable, are the uniquenesses [ spoken and written ] of Canada, British articulation of the territories and sovereignties all over the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and anywhere in the world where English is attempted correctly.
There is a highly recognizable element to proper English in the entirety of the international sector.
As an adendum to "vernacular" as a musical
language, from my particular experiential dimension, I suggest inclusion, [ as I do in various Résumé and Curriculum Vitae environmenments:
Western Musical Notion, Gregorian Chant, and Byzantine Chant ]. These are also validly unique lingui. Very interesting addendem that might, traditionally, be referred to as language.
THIS IS MY VIEW~~~