Why Did English Become the International Language?

This video explores how English became the global lingua franca. Support Langfocus on Patreon My current Patrons include these fantastic people: Brandon Gonzalez, Pomax, Eric Garland, Andres Resendez Borgia, Adam Fitch, ShadowCrossZero, Zhiyuan ’George’ Shi, Michael Arbagi, Trevor Lawrence, Felix, Felixx Ravestein, John Moffat, Auguste Fields, Guillermo Jimenez, Bennett Seacrist, Sidney Frattini Jr, Ruben Sanchez, Michael Cuomo, Brian Michalowski, Sebastian Langshaw, Lorraine Inez Lil, Don Sawyer, Scott Russell, Florian Breitwieser, Fiona de Visser, Raymond Thomas, divad, Justin Faist, Adam Vanderpluym, , Theosophagous, Rui Rizzi, Mike Forster, Christian Langreiter, Shawn MacIntyre, Dmitry Stillerman, Kristoffer Karlsson, Henri Saussure, James Lillis, Edmund McFarlane, Steely Dan Rather, Jens Aksel Takle, yasmine jaafar, Tryggurhavn, Benham Esfahbod, JC Edwards, Ashley Dieroff, Steve Decina, Thomas Mitchell, Mahmoud Hashemi, fatimahl, Kevin Law, David LeCount, Carl saloga, Edward Wilson, Mohammed A. Abahussain, Peter Nikitin, Fred, JL Bumgarner, Rob Hoskins, Thomas McCloud, Ian Smith, Nicholas Gentry, Brent Warner, Kevin J. Baron, Maurice Chou, Matthew C, Caio Fernandes, Suzanne Jacobs, Johann Goergen, Leo Barudi, Piotr Chmielowski, Rich Gerritzen, Mark Kemp, Éric Martin, Marco Antonio Barcellos Junior, Simon Blanchet, Sergios Tsakatikas, Bruno Filippi, Jeff Miller, Ulrike Baumann, Joel Mills, Alex Hanselka, Panot, Don Ross, Carl Bergquist, James and Amanda Sodering, and Robert (Bob) Dobbin. Music: “Marxist Arrow“ by Twin Musicom. Outro music: “Gimme Five“ by Twin Musicom.