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    The document argues that having a single official world language could ease communication and trade globally, but risks losing minor languages and cultural identities, and imposing a foreign tongue that may not express emotions genuinely. It lists benefits such as simplified international dealings, mobility, and cross-cultural friendship, but concerns around suppressed diversity, imperfect translations, difficulties for older groups, and no consensus on the chosen language.

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    There should be one official world language

    PROS

    - communication between people would be easier


    - trade would be easier
    - there would be no translation costs
    - mobilization would cause no problems
    - there would be no misunderstanding due to mistranslations
    - any office or authority in the world could deal with your problems
    - anyone could take up a job anywhere
    - people could make friends from all over the world
    - if there was trade between countries, there would be fewer wars

    CONS

    - minor languages would vanish


    - information would be lost during translation
    - elderly people wouldn’t learn the language
    - there would be disagreement about which language should become the official one
    - English is already the lingua franca of this era
    - your national identity would be lost
    - so far no artificial language has proved to be successful
    - expressing your emotions in a foreign language is not genuine

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