Innerworld@lemmy.worldM to Linguistics@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 month agoWorld’s most spoken languages by total speakers (2026)www.visualcapitalist.comimagemessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down13
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minus-squaredoubtingtammy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 month agoEveryone knows portuguese should be #3, since Spanish is just a portuguese dialect
minus-squaredoubtingtammy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoPlus weird nasal vowels in Portuguese and French
minus-squaredoubtingtammy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 month ago I’d argue those still count as messing with the consonants, Now that you point it out… Sim.
minus-squarequill7513@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoby that logic, french and spanish have more in common than spanish and portuguese, so they should all be bundled as romantics
minus-squaredoubtingtammy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-21 month agoThere are only two romance languages: Portuguese and Romanian (The rest are dialects or mental illnesses)
minus-squarequill7513@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agothe one true language is Hupa (it’s critically endangered)
Everyone knows portuguese should be #3, since Spanish is just a portuguese dialect
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Plus weird nasal vowels in Portuguese and French
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Now that you point it out… Sim.
by that logic, french and spanish have more in common than spanish and portuguese, so they should all be bundled as romantics
There are only two romance languages: Portuguese and Romanian (The rest are dialects or mental illnesses)
the one true language is Hupa (it’s critically endangered)