The benefits which would flow from the existence of the global language are considerable but several commentators have pointed to possible risks. perhaps a global language will cultivate an elite monolingual linguistic class, more complacent and dismissive in their attitude towards other languages. Perhaps those who have such a language at their disposal- and specially those who have it as a mother tongue- will be more able to think and work quickly in it, and to manipulate it to their own advantage at the expense of those who do not ...