The trend over the past fifty years has been for distinct cultures to reassert their identiy, including their modes of speech and dress.

It is likely that most people will learn a “great language” to the level of basic conversational fluency – Mandarin, English, or Spanish. In so doing, they’ll likely forever treat that as a business tool rather than a part of their cultural identity. (In other words, just because someone might speak Mandarin, they won’t consider themselves “Chinese”).