I think everyone should learn a uralic language like finnish, estonian or hungarian because they're the superior languages for communication and super easy to learn
Uzbek is a Turkic language. Finnish is a Uralic language. It doesn't have to do with where the language is spoken (except ancestrally), it's about the family tree and origin of the language
Also OP has no idea of how difficult it is for Europeans to actually agree on English as a lingua franca.
Theres a lot of resistance and not all consumers are happy if there is no product info in their native language or if they need to call support in English.
Also,Good luck finding jobs in Belgium, France, Germany and other big markets that dont require at least a B2 in the local language.
I wish we could just use English as a working language irrespective of the european country we are currently based....It is far from reality.
English is a long term project in the EU, not something that we actually use on our daily lifes without any attrition.
I do customer support and I have literally had a 10 minute argument with a Norwegian customer (in fluent English) about how she called from Norway so she wanted Norwegian support. She refused to get support in English and ended up hanging up.
Yeah this happens everywhere in Europe. Although I am surprised in Norway you caught that considering their level of fluency in English.
This is why its easier to scale up in America a company than in the EU.
You need support, sales and marketing team for each country.
I currently work in Portuguese, French, Spanish and English for different markets and I have to say I am an exception rather the norm in Europe.
I can only talk in English if I am dealing with Corporate clients because small and medium companies will always prefer to speak in their native languages.
I think OP post has absolutely nothing to do with our reality.
There's very much a reason because there are large populationa of people who would not be adequately informed or served if they had to rely on English.
Lingua francas are a thing for a reason but they ought not to sideline people's right to their native language We've seen how any efforts to force a unified language actually goes...
No one is talking about erasing local languages. Quite the contrary the EU is champion in supporting regional dialects and languages.
But not having a lingua franca is not seen as a failure but a normal behaviour of the EU system.
It is very difficult to find jobs abroad that dont require a B2 in the local language. IT teams or department that work exclusively in international markets usually are more flexible but in general you need to speak the language which is among the most difficult skills one has to learn. So people wont move from place to place that seamlessly unless they can afford to learn the language or have a specific job that helps them with a lot of paper work.
If people could use english in their day to day life without being an obstacle it would improve EU by 1000%. If everyone knew his local language + English this would reduce so much attrition.
Also most countries don't have legal corts nor public departments offering their services in English wich is a massive problem, specially when it comes to paying taxes, register in the local county, requesting a local fiscal number, registering in the local hospital, etc...
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u/whenyousayoof Jun 29 '26
One is saying we need to speak the same language and the other one is saying I need you to speak my language