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None/all.

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alinguistic hooting/hollering

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:monke-return:

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Analinguistic hooting/hollering

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Icelandic :blob-no-thoughts:

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Chinese has the most native speakers. Spanish has the most countries and English is the most common second language. So between the three of them you have a huge chunk of the world population covered.

Not saying there really should be an “official” language but there will need to be a lingua franca because putting two dozen languages on a street sign doesn’t help anyone.

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Lol every one speaks Firefly.

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2000 characters gives you a ton of coverage unless you’re working with obscure topics (which you’ll pick up from context anyway). I would also say that speaking is significantly more important that reading, writing, or listening, and if you focus on that as a first objective (but not the only objective of course), everything else will come pretty naturally.

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When I was a kid I learned to speak enough Chinese I could get around the city but I never could get the hang of reading it. In two years I doubt I learned more then 100 or so characters. So yeah I feel ya.

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Why would you want an official language?

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