Will it split into varieties that become less mutually intelligible? Or will some other language or languages take the place of English as world language in future?

它会分化成更互不相通的变种吗？或者其他某种语言或几种语言会取代英语成为未来的世界语言吗？

Is the status of English as the No. 1 world language assured in the future? Will it split into varieties that become less mutually intelligible?

未来英语第一世界语言的地位是否有保障？它会分裂成互不相容的变体吗？

All these peoples all spoke variations of a West Germanic tongue, similar to modern Frisian, variations that were different but probably close enough to be mutually intelligible.

所有这些人都说西日耳曼语的变体， 类似于现代弗里斯兰语， 这些变体虽然不同但可能足够接近以至于可以相互理解。