I think you underestimate the number of people who can speak English. My family is Afrikaans, and it is our first language. My father taught himself to program

I think you underestimate the number of people who can speak English. My family is Afrikaans, and it is our first language. My father taught himself to program with op codes on rudimentary computers back in the 70s. Then he learned assembly and later C. The English words never bothered him or his brother when they learned to code, because they could already speak English. It was the same for me. I started learning in VB.net and then Java/Python. The English syntax never bothered me because I started learning English when I was 7 years old. Trying to code in another language would just be a nightmare. So it makes sense to keep the syntax in one language (English in this case) for consistency.