Why Can’t the World Only Have 1 Language?!

Wouldn’t it be easier for all of us if we only speak 1 language?  Just take a look at India and China. Although simply say they are all indians and chinese, however they can’t even understand each other’s dialects sometimes! In India alone, there are already 21 recognised languages!

But as we progressed along with technology, we can slowly understand each other, by using translation tools, attending languages courses.

I had a discussion with my colleague about this. He mentioned that if the world had only 1 language, then there’ll be no unique element to all the races. Languages add more colours to the world, and because of language, people in different places are proud of their cultures.

Then again, take the language Portugese for example. You have Brazilians speaking Portugese, and this is also the language in Portugal! But they have their own cultures as well. Nothing is lost still.

So back to the question of whether the world should only have 1 language. Let’s say if we really do that, which language do we choose?? Should it be English, the commonly used language? Or Chinese, which is commonly spoken in world’s largest populated country, China??