Re: NAC language suppression

>I doubt that there would be much language supression. English would
probably
>be the most common language (business, military, etc), but Spanish and
>Portugese would be common in South America as an every day language. I
would
>bet most of these folks would speak English (as a second language)- if
for
>anything than to compete in the job market

I'll second that.  In Canada, the Francophone population is a minority
(I
believe) yet within many regions, French is the language of everyday
use.
Still, even Quebec separatists (a nationalistic Francophone group) admit
that Quebec businessmen should know English in order to pursue the
business
opportunities provided by the huge US market to the south.  To
reiterate,
French (or Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, etc.)
between
friends, but English (or an equally common language) as the default
language
of business.