Means of communication. International languages

International languages are a means of communication for a large group of people living on the planet. In this case, we can talk about the global significance of this means of communication. Interethnic communication methods and languages of international communication (their number varies from seven to ten) have very diffuse boundaries. In the XVII-XVIII century, an attempt was made to create an artificial universal letter - pasigraphy. In our time, an analogue of the international language is the artificially created method of communication - Esperanto.

History

In Antiquity, the common language for all peoples was ancient Greek. More than a thousand years have passed, and in some regions and parts of the world (the Mediterranean, Catholic Europe) the means of communication between people has changed. Latin was the most important way to transmit information in various areas of human communication. With his help, negotiations were conducted, memoirs were written, trade deals were concluded. Central and Western Asia for several centuries communicated in the Turkic language, which later pushed the Arab. With the help of the latter, important issues were solved in the Muslim world.

In East Asia, for a long time, its means of communication - vanyan was widespread. In the XVI-XVII century the international language in Europe is Spanish, at the beginning of the XVIII - French. In the XIX century, not the last place is occupied by Germany, distinguished by the high achievements of its scientists of that period. As a consequence, German becomes international. At the same time, colonies of England and Spain occupy half the world. The vocabulary of these countries becomes common to many peoples. By the end of the twentieth century, English was widely spoken. International language as a way of communication, thus, began to include the vocabulary of several countries.

Changes

It is difficult to say what language is international today. The inconstancy of the status of this mode of communication between representatives of different countries is the acquisition and loss of combinations of geographical, demographic, cultural and economic indicators. Some states that border on each other interact closely enough. For example, along with Chinese and German, Russian is an international language. Some small states, located on different continents, were included in their time in the processes of colonization. In those periods the means of communication was Spanish, Portuguese and English. The states ceased to interact with each other, and lost colonies. Accordingly, the need to communicate different peoples disappeared. The Latin and Greek languages ceased to be an international means of communication, and Dutch, Italian, Swedish, Polish, and Turkish became so for a short time. At the beginning of the twentieth century, the influence of Germany, popular at the time, was spread even to Poland, Slovakia and Galicia. But later German ceased to perform the role of international.

It should be said that, for example, Spanish vocabulary shows stability in this regard. Since the beginning of the XXI century, it is strengthening its position. Thus, Spanish is considered international for more than five centuries. Over time, China is strengthening its foreign policy position. As a result, the vocabulary of this country becomes the largest in terms of the number of speakers in the world.

Symptoms

There are some indicators that characterize international languages:

1. A large group of people can consider them relatives.
2. A significant part of the population for whom they are not native, owns them as foreign.
3. Various organizations use international languages as official languages at conferences and seminars.
4. With their help people from different countries, continents, different cultural circles communicate.

Russian language

Considering state and official, it is widely distributed outside the Russian Federation. Being the most popular and one of the richest, Russian rightfully takes the leading place among the world's languages. If we talk about the application in the foreign policy sphere, it is very diverse. Russian, being the language of science, is considered the best means of communication of scientists from different countries. Most of the world information needed by mankind is published using the domestic vocabulary. The Russian language is widely used in the world communication media (radio programs, air and space communications).

Value

Domestic vocabulary promotes the transfer of knowledge and acts as an intermediary in the communication of representatives of different countries. Like other international languages, it makes a great contribution to the implementation of public functions. Russian vocabulary plays an important role in enlightenment. With the help of it is being trained not only in Russia, but also in other developed countries. Schools and universities of different countries choose the Russian language for study. From a legal point of view, he is recognized as a working vocabulary.

Conclusion

Russian students are studied by 1,700 universities in ninety states, as well as students from different schools. About half a billion people own it to varying degrees. Russian language is in fifth place in terms of prevalence (by the number of those who use it in speech). People of many social strata living in different parts of our planet are familiar with it and are its bearers. Literary and musical works of world significance have been created in Russian.