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Want To Influence the World? Map Reveals the Best Languages To Speak

Posted by Soulskill on from the speaking-internet-doesn't-help dept.

sciencehabit writes: Speak or write in English, and the world will hear you. Speak or write in Tamil or Portuguese, and you may have a harder time getting your message out. Now, a new method for mapping how information flows around the globe (abstract) identifies the best languages to spread your ideas far and wide. One hint: If you're considering a second language, try Spanish instead of Chinese.

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  1. Re:Interesting, but ... by BarbaraHudson · · Score: 0, Troll

    As the study pointed out, English is, far and above all others, a global language.

    It's a shame that it will likely be centuries before mankind figures out how to be more informationally efficient and come up with some sort of "basic" language.

    It's a universal language - even the aliens on TV speak English. As for a "basic" language, it's been available since 1954.

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