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The English Language was the first truly global lingua franca of Earth. A major language of commerce and trade since at least 1600 CE, it became the language of international diplomacy, science, and much of culture in the early part of the 20th century, and was unchallenged until the dawn of the 22nd century, though it still continued as one of the two or three most internationally-used languages after that.

Despite this history, the period of English's heaviest dominance in formal settings saw its greatest declines in informal ones. The 21st century saw much of South Asia and Africa move away from European languages broadly, the U.S.-backed Indonesian invasion of Australia, Guyana and Suriname attempted to promote Spanish and Portugeause respectively, and in the U.S. itself a large-scale vernacular shift towards Spanish in most of the places west of the Mississippi. By the dawn of the 21st century, the English which was (somewhat) standardized and used in formal settings globally (but particularly in Western-oriented, liberal and post-liberal societies) bared increasingly little resemblence to the dialects spoken on social media and in daily life.

Although such languages as Patwa (in Jamaica) and Tok Pisin (in Papua New Guinea) had 'broken' from standard English centuries ago, it was the growing power of the U.S. south-east, which reversed centuries of relative insularity in that region and brought a more 'Southern' sound to English globally. In Europe, the U.K.'s century-long larger rival, the European Union, continued to use English as a lingua franca for some time, which gave the British government some imppetus to push away by supporting a more 'local' vernacular, dubbed 'British.' And as Australia, over the course of 60 years completely its 'Reconquista' through guerilla warfare, a new wave of nationalism support moving away from the U.S. (who supported the enemies) and the U.K. (who stood by) by bringing to the forefront its own language (one which although officially distinct from New Zealandish remains in fact highly intelligable with the speech of Auckland.)

Thus, by the mid-24th century Standard English at last passed from being a widely studied subject by billions to be a widely studied subject by classics majors in college.

The impact of English continues to be far greater than one would see on a map, of course. Many of the languages of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia have adopted large numbers of English loan words. By the 24th century, the influence of English words on Hindi is as great as the influence of Perso-Arabic vocabulary on the language. Even languages which were never under the control of English-speaking peoples, such as French, have taken in a rather larger number of English words and Anglicisms than the Academie would prefer.

Description
The English Language was the first truly global lingua franca of Earth. A major language of commerce and trade since at least 1600 CE, it became the language of international diplomacy, science, and much of culture in the early part of the 20th century, and was unchallenged until the dawn of the 22nd century, though it still continued as one of the two or three most internationally-used languages after that.

Despite this history, the period of English's heaviest dominance in formal settings saw its greatest declines in informal ones. The 21st century saw much of South Asia and Africa move away from European languages broadly, the U.S.-backed Indonesian invasion of Australia, Guyana and Suriname attempted to promote Spanish and Portugeause respectively, and in the U.S. itself a large-scale vernacular shift towards Spanish in most of the places west of the Mississippi. By the dawn of the 21st century, the English which was (somewhat) standardized and used in formal settings globally (but particularly in Western-oriented, liberal and post-liberal societies) bared increasingly little resemblence to the dialects spoken on social media and in daily life.

Although such languages as Patwa (in Jamaica) and Tok Pisin (in Papua New Guinea) had 'broken' from standard English centuries ago, it was the growing power of the U.S. south-east, which reversed centuries of relative insularity in that region and brought a more 'Southern' sound to English globally. In Europe, the U.K.'s century-long larger rival, the European Union, continued to use English as a lingua franca for some time, which gave the British government some imppetus to push away by supporting a more 'local' vernacular, dubbed 'British.' And as Australia, over the course of 60 years completely its 'Reconquista' through guerilla warfare, a new wave of nationalism support moving away from the U.S. (who supported the enemies) and the U.K. (who stood by) by bringing to the forefront its own language (one which although officially distinct from New Zealandish remains in fact highly intelligable with the speech of Auckland.)

Thus, by the mid-24th century Standard English at last passed from being a widely studied subject by billions to be a widely studied subject by classics majors in college.

The impact of English continues to be far greater than one would see on a map, of course. Many of the languages of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia have adopted large numbers of English loan words. By the 24th century, the influence of English words on Hindi is as great as the influence of Perso-Arabic vocabulary on the language. Even languages which were never under the control of English-speaking peoples, such as French, have taken in a rather larger number of English words and Anglicisms than the Academie would prefer.