Why English? Why, how did it become a popular lang. where every one desire's to learn it!

Hi Everyone,
If u asked anyone, what’s the lang. which you eager to learn it, he/she would tell you, r u kidding! Ofcourse, I would like to learn English, French etc. Always English is the first choice of any person! But why English and how did it become this popular, Is it because it’s the lang. spoken in Hollywood or the lang. of America and England which are considered to be one of the strongest countries in our modern time or because English is one of the oldest language, hmm i dont think that because if we thought of the oldest lang. we will find Spainsh, Farsi(Persian ( meanwhile Iranian), French, Arabic, Greek and alot of lang. older than English.
So, You tell me, how English has become this poplular?
Thank you,
Best Regards.

The English ruled half the world once upon a time. English is thier colonial legecy. Also it’s simplicity. English is one of the simplest language to learn for a person who knows Indo-Iranian-European languages.(Sanskrit-Avetan(Ancient Persian)

it's because the easiest language comparing with all other languages.

it's easy to use it for ecenomics,computers, trading, comunicating, and so on.

thanks

Java- If u told me that English is much easier compared to other lang. i might accept it temporaily, even though im sure if we searched among all the lang. in the world we would find a lang. which contains easy grammer compared to English.
Ok, im with you English ruled half the world once but also the Spainsh ruled the world once,German, Greek, Turks, Arab and alot Ruled the world once, their period may also exceed’s the period that the English ruled, so i dont think this is the reason.
Thanks for your opinion, Good luck!

Aryos – Your Arabian, right! Which means using your lang. will be much easier than using English and as you are in an arabian country, Dont you think that using arabic in computers, economic etc will be easier for you!
Thank you.

Actually prince,java is r8,english ruled 4 more thn 250+ yrs n they were the latest 2 rule,it got ovr just 60 yrs ago,my granpa(fathr of my mother) was born n brought up under brit rule ,n whn half of the wrld is already familer,its logicl 4 d othr half

In ordr 2 comunicate with the wrld,u need a certain thread,as u c,ppl like china,japan whr brits didnt ruled ,they wernt bothrd abt english,bt now whn they want 2 talk 2 ppl of the wrld,they r trieng 2 learn the comn language,thrs nthng ausumn abt englsh

English language it is spread because it is the language of the most powerful country at this time ….. this is my opinion

Jinn – then, why dont this common lang. be French, Spainsh or any other lang. Common, Jinn im with you that the english has ruled half of the world but also the rest ruled almost more than the English have ruled.

For example : Spainsh, Now in South america the common lang btw them is Spainsh except Brazil, ofcourse! So, why didnt Spainsh become the common lang?

If we checked the history we would find many countries were stronger than english, where they innovated their lang and culture etc but the only lang. which lasted till now is, The English lang! and all im trying to know is, why?

Talknow- this might be one of the reasons, I guess.

Thanks for sharing, Good luck!

Well,the brits ruled more thn half of the wrld,the spanish didnt,so whn it came the time 2 choose a comn language,half of the wrld was familiar with english,othr half was devided in spanish,chinese,farsi etc,so it was easier 4 the othr half 2 learn englsh