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being the basis of almost every language there,

That is simply not true.

Only for these 6 you can call it the basis: Italian, French, Spanish, Portugese, Romanian, Moldovan. It has also influenced English a lot.

That makes 280 mill people in Europe having one of these as their native language.

And then there are about 435 mill people in Europe who have one of the 35 other European languages as their native language.

(Source: Google AI)

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NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
There are other (minor) Romance languages, like Provencal, Catalan and then the various Italian languages like Venetian, but most speakers of these also speak one of the six big ones so the overall number shouldn't change much.

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DrBob@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Any of us can ask AI and throw slop into a conversation. If you don’t have anything substantive to add maybe read and learn.

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- zout@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Very substantive comment Dr. Bob!
  
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  - DrBob@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    That’s me lurking until I have something to contribute.
    
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AccoSpoot1@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Cmon man that is such a needless nitpick, especially as I had the qualifier almost in there. Also; booo AI, booo!

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- Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  ok, so almost all americans have an IQ below their presisent? 😅
  
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  - AccoSpoot1@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Look, what the fuck are we trying to do here man? Snipe at eachother in exchange for internet points? You knew exactly what I meant, so why are you here?
    
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    Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    
    You knew exactly what I meant
    
    Well, no. You are writing a less than precise style, and you are up the walls and … whatever
    
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anothermember@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

(Data source: Google AI)

Then why bother us with it?

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