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submitted 1 month ago by JoMiran@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

If I could only learn one additional language, and I wanted to travel the world, what language would serve me best other than English or Spanish?

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[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 4 points 1 month ago

I mean, most of the world's population lives in China. So Mandarin would be a good candidate.

[-] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 5 points 1 month ago

More like a quarter.

[-] Taalnazi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

while China is the second biggest country in terms of population, India has the biggest population. For the majority of the world (>4 billion) to live somewhere, you'd have to take a circle with a diameter from roughly Ulaanbatar to Makassar, and draw it.

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