Factors which makes a language an international language

International language is a language used to facilitate communication between nations or countries that speak different languages. It is a language which dominate communication in  the world. English is one of languages which is used as international language. There are different Factors which make language to be international, the following are the factors which make language international.

Geographical dispersion: To which extent language has spread in the world is one of the factors that can make it international. An international language always covers large geographical area, whereby many countries use it in different aspects such as education, official matters and daily activities. For example English language cover a large area in the world than other languages.

Number of speakers: An international language has many speakers compere to other languages. For instance, English language is a language second language with a big number of speakers after Chinese language.

Number of countries which the language saves as national language: An international language is used by many countries as national language or official language. It always dominate in education, technology and social aspects.

The use of language in trade; an international language also dominate communication in international trade, it is written in products descriptions and instructions. For e example English language is used in international trade, and it always used to describe products.

The use of a language in international fora; international language is the language which used in international foras and meetinghouse's, it is the one which dominate the communication in international meetings. Example English language is a language which is used as the host language in international fora.

The nation of native speakers of the international language is power nation;  the nation in which an international language originated is always powerful nation in the world in all aspects, Example USA and UK are the origin nation of English, they are powerful nations in the world.

The use of a language in science and technology: an international language is a language which is used in science and technology and it always has a lot of scientific vocabularies. English as international language has a lot of  scientific vocabularies.

Those were few Factors which makes a language to be an international language, you can also read characteristics of language here