Why there is almost none question in a language other than english?
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People get upset by what they don't understand, so more and more people have to use English. This is a shame for several reasons.\n1) People whose mother tongue is a language other than English will always feel much more comfortable expressing themselves in that language.\n2) We ought to be encouraging linguistic diversity. Languages are interesting, different sounds, accents and methods of writing. This all adds to the rich tapestry of life. In banning other languages in favour of English we're living in a much poorer world.\n3) Countries where English is spoken can become big-headed about their status in the world and not bother to learn any other language because they think the rest of the world is learning to speak theirs. Wouldn't it be great if as many English speakers learnt a foreign language as speakers of other languages learn English.\nSo - to rectify this - and change a pointless rule that serves only to protect the feelings of people who get upset and paranoid about what people might be saying in languages they don't speak - we should have different languages sections of this site - after all Yahoo have sites in different languages in Mexico, Brazil, Germany etc...
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it depdens in which language you want to know. There are many verbs in one language that won't have translation in another.
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English is difficult because it is a mixture of many other languages. There are many words from European languages that English adopted or changed slightly. There are words from non-European languages in English also such as Native American words.
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Because the rules of the site says English must be used. \n\nWhy is that? I'd guess that questions and answers are monitored for legality, decency etc and the monitors cannot read languages other than English.
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Yes. English is not the only language in world & even ppl who only speak english can make these mistakes too. Whats the big deal? if u can understand what was the question thats should be it ...or even if u cant, whats the big deal if u cant underestand few questions from thousands?
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No such word in the English language. What language is it from?
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For some it is because English is a second language. For others it is because our school systems have failed to teach people how to read  and spell properly.
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Most of the foreign language students who come to my parents' language centre say that English is in fact one of the EASIEST languages they have ever learnt (and many have studied several languages in the course of their study). This is because English has significantly fewer *rules* to learn than other languages (Danish for example follows grammatical rules almost completely unswervingly). The students speak according to what they have heard said before, and learn through doing rather than learning long and complex tables of grammar.\n\nAtop that, English is based almost entirely on words that have come from other cultures. It has very few words that are entirely unique (if any). Words like 'frost,' 'candle,'\n'stand' (and I'm just choosing words more or less at random here) can be linked to common words in other languages - 'frorst' in Icelandic, 'candelabra' from Latin, 'stand' from 'standen' in German. Even the word for 'man' can be linked to Eastern Sanskrit.\n\nI would argue that the Eastern languages are the hardest for a westerner to learn, as they are so completely different from the languages to which we are accustomed. The script is different, the grammar is *completely* different and there are hardly any cognates (words that are similar to English words, such as the French words 'cinema' and 'hotel').\n\nSo I'd go with Korean, or Chinese. Both are very difficult for Westerners to get to grips with (very few ever become fluent), and even the most proficient students struggle with pronunciation.
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Maybe because there not interesting questions.  Just ask something silly and people will respond....Good Luck!
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Hello. We are currently only accepting English questions and answers.  We will start to accept non-English posts, shortly.  Until then, please don't post non-English questions.
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It seems to me that just about every major nation has a national tongue but the US. Why not? English is the international business language, and the predominant language spoken in the U.S.
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there is no translation
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English is the offical language... but this being a free country they do not require you to learn it... it would go against certin rights if they required it... but I do agree with you that everyone should need to know at least the basics... I hate being asked "ah spanish?"\n\nGets very nerve racking....
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Why should we be annoyed? English is not the only language in the world! Nor is it the most widely spoken.\n\nI notice that you have asked at least one question in a language that befits your name, which is a very pretty French one.\n\nI suspect that you are playing Devil's Advocate ;)
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there is none.  english is the official language in some states, though, and other states have a non-english language as the official one. for example, hawaiian is the official language of hawaii.
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Unfortunately, all questions and answers must be answered in English.  See no. 8 under "Content Rules" in Community Guidelines:\n\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/info/community_guidelines.php\n\nBut I think as long as no one complains about it, it shouldn't matter.
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i agree with the above, check the site as listed above as well, this is one of the debates that has gone on for a long time and will go on for ever more.\n\nits like the chicken or the egg question.\n\nboth languages have advantages and dissadvantages