... Arabic 20 1 20 26 Portuguese 165 1707 Russian 155 28 88 Bengali 125 1899 Japanese 123 125 10 German 1 02 9811 French 70 721 2 Italian 57 6313 Malay 47 47Table 1 Major world languages in millions of first-languagespeakers ... theinternational importance of other European languages, especially French, hasdeclined.Language engco model Ethnologue1 Chinese 1,113 1, 123 2 English 3 72 322 3 Hindi/Urdu 316 23 64 Spanish 304 26 65 ... in worldtourist services by 20 06.Will they all needEnglish?p. 36How many people willspeak English in 20 50?p. 27 Questioning the futureBook highlights4 The Future of English? Crystal, D. (1997) English...