E.g. the preprint server that allows alternate languages states that:
> The reliance on English language publications to communicate scientific findings is clearly a hindrance to the open sharing of scientific knowledge
But wouldn’t the hindrance be much stronger if you’re writing a paper exclusively in a language like Portuguese instead of English?
Everyone needs to know the top 10 languages instead of settling on the one most people are already using.
Also if you're going to try dunking on me, at least get it right, English is the most spoken language in the world
https://www.berlitz.com/blog/most-spoken-languages-world
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_total_num...
Especially since there are plenty of people who aren't native speakers, but got to the native level of fluency (usually, due to moving to an english-speaking country at some point and spending 99% of their time in english-only environments for many years). How do we account for those?
I always had trouble with the whole "native speaker" categorization, because I definitley don't fall under it by definition, but English is legitimately my most comfortable and most frequently used language by far, and has been this way for over a decade.
Like, the only thing that gives away my non-native status is that sometimes my accent comes out accidentally, but that's just stupid muscle memory. I am way more comfortable with english in every aspect (speaking, writing, etc.) than my actual native language, despite often having an accent in english, but never in my native language (which i have exactly zero foreign accent in).