Halo! Saya nama Camsy. I'll be happy to help you. I really want to learn Bahasa Indonesia. :)

Yesterday was my second day going to a Meetup in Sevilla. Last year I went to an academy but when I finished the season, I decided not to continue learning in the academy. I decided to go to groups where I could practice speaking and listening instead. This isn't the first time that I went to a meetup. Last year, I did a test and I met with other groups three or four times. But in that group, the majority of people were Spanish. In my opinion, these initiatives are interesting because I don't get the feeling that it's work. The meetups are held at a bar, with relaxing conversations between friends or people that have the same goal as me, to learn a foreign language. Are there similar initiatives in your city? What is your opinion about that? Thank you.

At all times people have used different languages for international communication. (I would say: Throughout history, there was always a common language people used for international communication.) For example, it used to be Latin. It was used by scientists, philosophers, and priests. But its time is gone. There was French after that. Educated people learned French to communicate with citizens of other countries. So, we had international languages throughout our history. Nowadays the most common language is English. It’s enough to compare the number of people who want to learn English at italki.com with the number of people who are learning or know another language. (<- I find this sentence a bit vague...) Huge numbers of people know advanced level English and the numbers are dramatically rising still. For me, as a Russian speaking person, it’s hard to find someone to communicate with. It’s because everyone wants to learn English, and no one wants to learn Russian. Even though Russian is among the five most popular languages on the Internet. In addition to the reasons mentioned above, English isn't similar to previous international languages. Early international languages were used in narrow spheres: cultural, scientific, religious, or medical. Thus, one language has never been involved in all spheres of human life. Circumstances didn’t allow international languages to spread everywhere. But it’s not applicable to English. It’s so strong because we can use it in all situations. In meetings, business writing, private conversations, scientific research, medical lecture, IT programming, etc. It is used everywhere, by everyone. Will it change all other languages in the future? I don’t know. But I’m sure it’s going to be stronger in the next 50 years. Every language is beautiful. If some disappear, it will be a loss for all people. I believe that we should protect and develop our native languages. But how? If we use our native language in everyday communication, it will be protected. If good writers and translators write books in our native language, it will be protected. What do you think? Please, write your opinions in the comments. And don’t hesitate to correct my writing, it would be very useful for me.