With that in mind, I think English is the best candidate for universal, global language that i so far know of. Yes i know it's already 'the language of business' and the 'language of internet,' but with the declining power of US, the rise of China, and the inevitable rise of Second World countries [ex: brazil, china, india, maybe russia] and considering the growing complaints by other countries on the fact that much of the Internet control lies within the US [california, i think?], English's popular status is in trouble.