I thought that english is the worlds first language because it's very easy to learn. I would guess almost anyone can get up to basic conversation skills and lea

I thought that english is the worlds first language because it's very easy to learn. I would guess almost anyone can get up to basic conversation skills and learn the terms for programming in some months, and that's it. No need for shakespearian level of vocabulary to get things done. Imagine Mandarin in the same place as comparision, with a (beautiful) but very impracticable alphabet to begin with.