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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 3016845" data-attributes="member: 19675">There really isn't an equivalent, since no RW language has nearly the ubiquity of Common, but English is probably the closest.It is not only spoken as the native or official language in many countries, it is also required for many jobs, like air-traffic controller and pilot.French was once the language of diplomacy, but that is slowly being eroded by English as well.I know many engineers and mathemeticians learn German because of the number of quality texts that simply haven't been translated into other tongues, but that, too is changing.Chinese, with billions of native speakers would seem to be a more likely choice, but remember that English is the one of the main secondary languages taught in places like India and Pakistan- almost as populaced as China- and in many other nations all over the world.Surprisingly, one of English's main competitors is probably Arabic.&nbsp; The Koran is only supposed to be written in Arabic (though unofficial translations may exist), so there is a strong impetus for about 1 billion+ people (and counting) to learn that language.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 3016845, member: 19675"] There really isn't an equivalent, since no RW language has nearly the ubiquity of Common, but English is probably the closest. It is not only spoken as the native or official language in many countries, it is also required for many jobs, like air-traffic controller and pilot. French was once the language of diplomacy, but that is slowly being eroded by English as well. I know many engineers and mathemeticians learn German because of the number of quality texts that simply haven't been translated into other tongues, but that, too is changing. Chinese, with billions of native speakers would seem to be a more likely choice, but remember that English is the one of the main secondary languages taught in places like India and Pakistan- almost as populaced as China- and in many other nations all over the world. Surprisingly, one of English's main competitors is probably Arabic. The Koran is only supposed to be written in Arabic (though unofficial translations may exist), so there is a strong impetus for about 1 billion+ people (and counting) to learn that language. [/QUOTE]

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