Arabic, Chinese are hot

Students are studying less traditional European languages and more exotic languages What languages are hot now?  Chinese and Arabic.  These languages are growing in popularity. French and Latin not as much. The reasons are obvious, Chinese and Arabic is a manifestation of the geo-economic-political-demographics shifts. Also its fun to be different. If everyone around you is learning Italian, and you learn Chinese, it makes you stand out from the crowd. But I think these new languages might, have more staying power than the old ‘new’ languages. I remember when in the early 90’s everyone was learning Japanese. This was the trend, but it did not take off as much because of cultural reasons. Japan is more of a closed culture than China. There ultimately there was no great advantage to learning Japanese in business, as you would always be seen as an outsider, and not accepted. While the Chinese businessmen do not care about such things, they are all about business. Chinese businessmen do not think about if they like you, nor if they do not like you. Chinese businessmen just want to do business. Arabic also is experiencing a long-term language growth. Arabic is closely connected to their religion, as I think their holy books should be read in Arabic. Further, speaking Arabic, even as a foreigner will give you respect. So I think that the new exotic trends in language have more staying power and momentum then the older ones like Japanese or French.

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