Promoting use of common world language

A common international language/linguistic standard significantly improves cross-cultural communication, dialogue and understanding among the global community. A common world language would be very useful, and could be considered necessary, to manage and facilitate both the rapid globalization of the world and her issues, and the communications and information revolution. The world's most widely spoken languages – English, Chinese, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Portuguese, French – have and are playing this very beneficial role. Of these languages, the nearest language to a world language (by a substantial margin) is the English language. One may argue that the existing and growing global reach of the English language has permitted a choice for a common international language to be considered (let alone to be made). However, a common world language should not be mistaken or allowed to undermine or replace the world's linguistic diversity. That is to say, a common international language should be considered as "the added but common language" of the Earth's linguistically diverse peoples.