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<blockquote data-quote="tuxgeo" data-source="post: 6132601" data-attributes="member: 61026">Languages become common across geographic regions by being actively spread there. The conquests of Alexander the Great spread ancient Greek in the ancient world; the conquests of the Roman Empire spread Latin some centuries later. The 15th through the 19th Centuries saw the spread of Spanish and Portugese in the New World (and in Asia). The 17th through the 20th Centuries saw the spread of English in the New World and in Africa and Asia and Australia. That's a lot of pushing; and it takes such pushing to make a small, regional language become the new &quot;Common.&quot;Today, such spread is caused more by economics and trade than by forceful conquest, but the same principle applies: your race has to spread your language (and get others to use it) in order for it to become common.Based on that, I disagree that having others speak your language is in any way demeaning to a race.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tuxgeo, post: 6132601, member: 61026"] Languages become common across geographic regions by being actively spread there. The conquests of Alexander the Great spread ancient Greek in the ancient world; the conquests of the Roman Empire spread Latin some centuries later. The 15th through the 19th Centuries saw the spread of Spanish and Portugese in the New World (and in Asia). The 17th through the 20th Centuries saw the spread of English in the New World and in Africa and Asia and Australia. That's a lot of pushing; and it takes such pushing to make a small, regional language become the new "Common." Today, such spread is caused more by economics and trade than by forceful conquest, but the same principle applies: your race has to [I]spread[/I] your language (and get others to use it) in order for it to become common. Based on that, I disagree that having others speak your language is in any way demeaning to a race. [/QUOTE]

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