The Bible tells us that there was a time when humankind all spoke the same language and read the same words, but because of humankind’s arrogance in creating the Tower of Babel, humankind ended up having no longer just one language, but instead were stuck with a multitude of languages, which is still the situation we so find today. While it is true that English is the international language of business, and that to a large extent we are still able to communicate effectively with one another, despite our language differences, because of our ability to translate one language into another, there is, though, no one language that all people know.
It should be recognized that just about every language has its place, as well as its own nuances that makes such a language of interest to us, in the sense, for instance, that descriptions of what we observe can have different layers and be more poetic and comprehensive as found in different languages; but that doesn’t mean though that in our hunt for one single language that we need to eliminate all those languages that currently exist, because truly each has its place; but rather we should keep in focus all the advantages of having just one common language which would more readily lend itself to us understanding one another better, while also providing us a more efficient avenue to share knowledge with each other.
This thus signifies that we should try to have an international language, so as to make it our point to see that as many societies as possible are literate with that language, and the best time to work upon this, is during our primary and secondary school years, in which, quite frankly, the United States has done an exceedingly poor job in its citizenry learning any other language competently, other than English. To learn another language isn’t going to be overwhelming if the effort to do so, and the importance of accomplishing this achievement, is a top priority of a given nation or society.
Indeed, those that desire peace throughout this world, have got to realize that one of those things that serves to divide us, is not just that we have different backgrounds and different creeds, but also that we have different languages, and because so many of us, don’t implicitly or explicitly understand the words so being spoken or written, it creates a divide between one another, that can more easily be exploited by those that have their own agenda in mind, which isn’t an agenda which is good for the harmony of this world.
In short, there are many objectives in life, which will necessitate not only concentrated effort to achieve, but will also take a considerable amount of time to accomplish, which thereby doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t attempt such, but rather signifies that in order to progress to a single world language, this needs to be a priority, and the sooner that we fully address this, the sooner that we will achieve such, all done for the betterment and advancement of the human race.