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> What is needed is a joint common language Great! I propose Spanish, being the second most spoken language by number of native speakers (behind Chinese), and
by ghgr 9y ago
> What is needed is a joint common language
Great! I propose Spanish, being the second most spoken language by number of native speakers (behind Chinese), and given the relevance of Spain through history in Europe.
(this comment was only half joking. It's easy to impose a global language when it's yours, but you see, it's a different story when you need to learn a different one).
- ben_w 9y agoEstas vera. Ni devos Esperanton lerni.
- beisner 9y agoAlthough, if we're realistically considering the present situation, the number of people who already speak English as either a native or non-native language are roughly even with the number that speak Mandarin, and far exceed that number for Spanish-speakers. Only looking at Europe, this still holds. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_total_number_of_speakers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_total_num...
- Chris2048 9y agoAnd how relevant is the average Mandarin speaker to the western workforce? Mandarin speaking is not as distributed as English.