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It has been observed that people from countries like Finland, Sweden and Denmark have almost native fluency in the English language. Though apparently it’s a good sign, if you look a little critically into this matter and accompanying figures you can’t help but conclude that such a proficiency may also lead to the slow extinction of the native languages of these countries.
According to Leonard Orban, the Commissioner for Multilingualism for the European Union, although proficiency in multiple languages is quite advantageous for individuals as well as organizations, it does not come without a few shortcomings. He pointed towards the fact that commissioners from Italy, France, Romania and Spain generally make speeches in their mother tongue. In contrast, commissioners coming from the Nordic countries mostly use English. Now the clincher is that though one may have an excellent command over a foreign language, it has been seen that such people are not able to negotiate as effectively while using a foreign language as they could with their native language. This is probably because when people speak in their native language they can convey what they have in their mind but while using a foreign language they are limited by what they can put into words.
The other issue is that as people become proficient in more popular foreign languages, they use their own language less frequently. This limits the development and propagation of such native languages For example, new terminology is developed for new inventions, discoveries and concepts, if a specific language is not used by its mother tongue speakers for official purposes then the language is less likely to be updated with new terminology; this would make it outdated and lead to its decline and maybe extinction. So make it a point to use your native language as much as possible.
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