Will English be the first language to pass 2 billion speakers worldwide?
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As of market creation, English is in the lead with 1.5 billion, with Manderin Chinese in second with 1.1 billion.
In the case of disagreement about what constitutes a language, the bar will be that of mutual intelligibility.
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In the case of disagreement about what constitutes a language, the bar will be that of mutual intelligibility.
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