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[[wikipedia:List_of_languages_by_total_number_of_speakers|List of languages by total number of speakers]]
[[wikipedia:List_of_languages_by_total_number_of_speakers|List of languages by total number of speakers]] | Wikipedia<br />
| Wikipedia<br />[[wikipedia:List_of_languages_by_number_of_native_speakers|List of languages by number of native speakers]]
[[wikipedia:List_of_languages_by_number_of_native_speakers|List of languages by number of native speakers]] | Wikipedia  
| Wikipedia<br /><br />[[wikipedia:List_of_empires|List of Empires]]
 
| Wikipedia<br /><br />[[wikipedia:Universal_language|Universal language]]
[[wikipedia:List_of_empires|List of Empires]] | Wikipedia
| Wikipedia<br />The written Classical Chinese language is still read widely but pronounced differently by readers in China, Vietnam, Korea and Japan; for centuries it was a ''de facto'' universal ''literary'' language for a broad-based culture. In something of the same way Sanskrit in India and Nepal, and Pali in Sri Lanka and in Theravada countries of South-East Asia (Burma, Thailand, Cambodia) and Old Tamil in South India and Sri Lanka, were literary languages for many for whom they were not their mother tongue.
 
<br />Comparably, the Latin language (''qua'' Medieval Latin) was in effect a universal language of literati in the Middle Ages, and the language of the Vulgate Bible in the area of Catholicism, which covered most of Western Europe and parts of Northern and Central Europe also.
[[wikipedia:Universal_language|Universal language]] | Wikipedia
<br />In a more practical fashion, trade languages, such as ancient Koine Greek, may be seen as a kind of ''real'' universal language, that was used for commerce.
 
<br />In historical linguistics, monogenesis refers to the idea that all spoken human languages are descended from a single ancestral language spoken many thousands of years ago.
[https://www.quora.com/What-were-the-dominant-languages-in-history What were the dominant languages in history?]
<br />It could be said plausibly that mathematics is the universal language of the world that all are capable of understanding.
 
<br /><br />[[wikipedia:Lingua_franca|Lingua Franca]]
The written Classical Chinese language is still read widely but pronounced differently by readers in China, Vietnam, Korea and Japan; for centuries it was a ''de facto'' universal ''literary'' language for a broad-based culture. In something of the same way Sanskrit in India and Nepal, and Pali in Sri Lanka and in Theravada countries of South-East Asia (Burma, Thailand, Cambodia) and Old Tamil in South India and Sri Lanka, were literary languages for many for whom they were not their mother tongue.
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Comparably, the Latin language (''qua'' Medieval Latin) was in effect a universal language of literati in the Middle Ages, and the language of the Vulgate Bible in the area of Catholicism, which covered most of Western Europe and parts of Northern and Central Europe also.
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In a more practical fashion, trade languages, such as ancient Koine Greek, may be seen as a kind of ''real'' universal language, that was used for commerce.
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In historical linguistics, monogenesis refers to the idea that all spoken human languages are descended from a single ancestral language spoken many thousands of years ago.
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It could be said plausibly that mathematics is the universal language of the world that all are capable of understanding.
 
[[wikipedia:Lingua_franca|Lingua Franca]]
| Wikipedia<br />• Koine Greek — Hellenistic period 323 BC – 33 BC  
| Wikipedia<br />• Koine Greek — Hellenistic period 323 BC – 33 BC  
<br />• Latin — Roman Empire 27 BC - 476 AD into 1700s
<br />• Latin — Roman Empire 27 BC - 476 AD into 1700s
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<br />French might have been spoken in the courts of Europe all the way to Russia — it is the language of the nobility, including Catherine II, who used it in correspondence and daily communication — but English was the language of money, and money talks louder than philosophy. The Victorian City of London was the financial center of the world and most of its business was directed outwards and overseas, not domestically.
<br />French might have been spoken in the courts of Europe all the way to Russia — it is the language of the nobility, including Catherine II, who used it in correspondence and daily communication — but English was the language of money, and money talks louder than philosophy. The Victorian City of London was the financial center of the world and most of its business was directed outwards and overseas, not domestically.
<br /><br />[https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/how-and-why-did-english-supplant-french-as-the-world-s-lingua-franca How And Why Did English Supplant French As The World’s Lingua Franca?]
<br /><br />[https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/how-and-why-did-english-supplant-french-as-the-world-s-lingua-franca How And Why Did English Supplant French As The World’s Lingua Franca?]
<br />[https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/jul/27/english-language-global-dominance Behemoth, bully, thief: how the English language is taking over the planet]
<br />[https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/jul/27/english-language-global-dominance Behemoth, bully, thief: how the English language is taking over the planet]<br />
<br />[https://www.quora.com/What-were-the-dominant-languages-in-history What were the dominant languages in history?]
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