English: The high speed traveler

There are about 7,000 to 8,000 different languages on the planet earth, some countries are owners of up to 700 different human languages and dialects. The origin of language dates as far as 0.2 million years ago. The skill of social learning gave the human race advantages over other species of animals to acquire a method of communication. Social learning is the idea of being able to learn from your own mistakes and from other individuals and applicate the learning to yourself. For examples primates use the same system for they’re survival skills every single time. Human race on the other hand decided to take another path on the evolutionary line, human race decided to live in a cooperative society where we share our ideas to seek advantages and better ourself in our life styles. The result of this social skill of learning is language itself, being able to communicate is the result of what society is now. Language can travel all around the world same as it con stick only to one region or in other cases it could get to the point of extinction. The spread of language depends of the importance of the language at the moment and the needs of people. For the last couple generations capitalism has rule the world with the United Sates being the face of it so guess which is the official language of trade world wide…? English that’s right the world market moves only around one language and that is english, but is not the only dominant language in the world, actually Spanish is the most spoken language in the world followed by English and Mandarin. The spread of a language depends on the needs of the people.

On 1814 Malta officially bacame part of the British Empire as part of the of the Treaty of Paris. Because of it’s location Malta became the headquarters of the British fleet and was used as a shipping way station. For around 150 years the island of Malta was under the domain of Great Britain. Malta contracted the status of commonwealth being an “independent country” but still under the governance of Queen Elizabeth II. 88% of the population of Malta speaks English today. The fact that the island was under the control and influence of the British developed the perfect scenario to lear the language because as stated before the needs of the people will dictate the language spoken. In this case the island of Malta was under the control of the British Empire for over 150 years and that made it necessary to learn the language and use it as their own. The island stalls maintain their original language but the need for commerce and trade made it necessary to learn the English from the British. 

Similar to the island of Malta we have the situation of our beloved Puerto Rico. Since July 25 1898 under the Treaty of Paris, just like Malta, our beautiful island was ceded to the United States. As a result of being a territory of the United State our culture curved out to be more closer to the U.S. culture. Schools started to teach english as the official language at first but after July 25, 1952 Puerto Rico adopted the position of a commonwealth and began to take it’s own decisions as a free state. Although spanish is the official language of the island the influence of the United States made of Puerto Rico a territory with similar cultural and economic activities to them. As the years pass the younger generations become more closer to the states culture and language adopting english as their own on daily used vocabulary with words such as “parking”, “popcorn”, and other derived terms.