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Suppose you get to choose which language becomes the lingua franca of the world.
Which language do you pick and what are the merits of that language that other languages do not have?
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>>283030
Classical Latin
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Emojis xDDDD
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>>283030
English.
Because it already is. God save the Queen!
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>>283030
Japanese
Because I fucking hate kids
Enjoy learning your kanji, you little shits
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>>283030
Irish.

The advantage is everyone on the planet is already Irish, so it's simply a reclamation of their forgotten Hibernian heritage.
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Greek.
God can speak in Hebrew, Arabic, Latin but He definitely thinks in Greek.
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Esperanto or a better artificial language, this way no country will have extra cultural influence, i.e the anglosphere
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>>283030
Arabian, as it is the language most suited for understanding the Holy Qur'an.
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>>283030
English, primitive easy language.
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>>283249
This tbqh. Grammar is easy as shit. Also lack of distinction in definite articles.
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>>283030
English.

It's the best language.
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>>283030
None.

Sans lingua franca, the world will be torn asunder and then it shall be free.
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>>283047
Heh, I remember being first years in school and living through all that hype about Esperanto.
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>>283030
German

Most malleable vocabulary there is, creating easily understood new terms by combining old ones to suit a changing environment.

Whdn you grow up with it and aren't a grognard fit only for labour in the mines, it's piss-easy. Our following generations can only benefit from this.
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French
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>>283030
Finnish. Because it's God's language.
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>>283030
Weekly Daily Reminder that the Tower of Bable looked like pic related
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>>283030
Skull Face pls go
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>>283030
English, on the basis of the fact that it basically already is.

>>283033
Imo.

>>283037
Iie.

>>283038
Uimh.

>>283045
Óchi.

>>283047
No.

>>283050
La.

>>283383
Nein.

>>283384
Non.

>>283387
Ei.
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>>283030
G-d's chosen language of course goy.
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Español mis negros.
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