Graddol's first option for the future appears therefore to be
right: English is the lingua franca that Asians now share with
one another and the rest of the world. One should also add
however that is now also manifestly an Asian language in its
own right. It has been thoroughly indigenised. One might consequently say that whereas the centre of gravity of English as a native language continues to be the North Atlantic (in insular Europe and continental North America). the centre of gravity of English as a second language or lingua france is manifestly Asian (especially in the South and East.