different in that it spread internationally, most commonly in the time if the British Empire, and we have no 'right' to that language anymore, it can, and is, adapted by any group of people who adopt (or have had forced on them) the language. Look at Patois as an extreme ...
Not only is this complex, time-consuming, disruptive work – for a comparable home experience, try assembling a full-height flat-pack shelf unit in a downstairs washroom – but it also involves the re-pouring of the concrete bed on which everything else sits. This, inevitably, requires time...