A 2014 study by the investment bank Natixis even predicted that French would become the world's most widely spoken language by 2050. The authors of the study referred to were demographic growth prospects in Africa. French is also widespread in many smaller countries, Ammon said.
Classical populism. The word populism is derived from the Latin word populus, which means people in English (in the sense of folk, nation, as in: The Roman People (populus Romanus), not in the sense of multiple individual persons as in: There are people visiting us today).
Populism in American Politics. A Definition and History of the Term in the Age of Donald Trump. Donald Trump holds an election night victory party in New York City early on the morning of Nov. 9, 2016. Neilson Barnard/Getty Images.