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Line 1: {{humor}} {{Wikipediapools}} This is a pool for guessing when the 500th language Wikipedia will be created, and what that language will be. This is not a serious pool. [[m:List_of_Wikipedias\|List of Wikipedias]] will be used to determine the winners. There will be two winners: the one who comes closest to the correct date, and the one who first predicts the correct language. The winners will be entitled to contribute mightily to the new edition. Losers are expected to contribute even more to that edition. The current number of languages with active Wikipedia editions is ~~340~~342. You can see an up to date figure on [[m:List of Wikipedias]]. '''The pool will close when the number exceeds 400.''' <!-- Line 341 ⟶ 342: [[Binary Code]] [[User:Scientistaryaman\|Scientistaryaman]] 17:02 09 April 2012 (Eastern Time) It is on July 17. [[User:DuyWilliam1985\|DuyWilliam1985]] ([[User talk:DuyWilliam1985\|talk]]) 08:52, 11 December 2021 (UTC) Anglish, Some time in december [[User:Yooperhunter2022\|Yooperhunter2022]] ([[User talk:Yooperhunter2022\|talk]]) 6:48 PM, 18 April 2025 (~~UTC~~EDT) == 2041 == I hope there isn't a [[What does the fox say language]] --[[User:Pie3141527182\|Pie3141527182]] 10:11 19 November 2013 (EST) :The closest would probably be [[Norwegian Wikipedia]] as [[Ylvis]] are Norwegian. [[User:Sahaib\|Sahaib]] ([[User talk:Sahaib\|talk]]) 08:56, 24 June 2025 (UTC) ==2043== 5 May: [[Upper Class Twit of the Year\|Upper Class Twittish]] -- [[User:Zangar\|Zangar]] ([[User talk:Zangar\|talk]]) 12:25, 12 April 2011 (UTC) 30 May: [[Pictish language]] lol [[User:Sahaib\|Sahaib]] ([[User talk:Sahaib\|talk]]) 08:54, 24 June 2025 (UTC) ==2048== Line 514 ⟶ 517: No way there may be a 400th or even 500th language, unless more languages are discovered. Look, the figure is still below 300. [[User:2679D\|2679D]] ([[User talk:2679D\|talk]]) 03:34, 20 January 2016 (UTC) Never. By langugage 499, to gain God's forgiveness, we will all speak Tibetian monk languages. They communicate only with hand signals. This is ridiculously hard to make a Wikipedia out of, and anyway Tibetian monasteries have no WiFi. [[User:TomBarker23\|TomBarker23]] ([[User talk:TomBarker23\|talk]]) 21:43, 15 November 2017 (UTC) * Never. I calculated it. [[User:Muirjohnnyes\|Muirjohnnyes]] ([[User talk:Muirjohnnyes\|talk]]) 17:12, 27 May 2025 (UTC) ==Unknown date== The script of the [[Voynich Manuscript]] [[User:Jackiespeel\|Jackiespeel]] ([[User talk:Jackiespeel\|talk]]) 19:23, 5 March 2019 (UTC) Trololo[[User:Filler txt\|Filler txt]] ([[User talk:Filler txt\|talk]]) 23:32, 13 August 2023 (UTC)Filler txt[[User:Filler txt\|Filler txt]] ([[User talk:Filler txt\|talk]]) 23:32, 13 August 2023 (UTC) ==A distinct amount of years ago== Languagish ==Records== The most commonly predicted language is [[pig Latin\|igpay atinlay]] (or variants) with five votes. The most recent common ancestor of all the world's languages, the [[Proto-World language]],<ref>Votes for [[Borean languages]] and [[Proto-Indo-European language]] are counted as contributing to the tally of [[Proto-World language]]</ref> [[Morse code\|-- --- ·-· ··· · / -·-· --- -·· ·]], [[Braille\|{{bc\|B\|r\|a\|i\|l\|l\|e}}]], [[Newspeak]] and [[Leet\|13375p33k]] tie for runner up with four votes. Languages with three votes are [[Whale song\|Dolphin or Whale]], [[Martian]], [[Gibberish]], [[Binary\|0100 0010 0110 1001 0110 1110 0110 0001 0111 0010 0111 1001]] and [[American Sign Language]]. Complex English, [[Engrish]], [[Legal English\|legalese]], [[International Talk Like a Pirate Day\|Arrr]] and [[meta language]] have two votes.<ref>Where a vote is for a specific language expressed with a particular twist, such as a leet version of pig latin expressed in morse code, I've interpreted it simply as a vote for the language rather than the expression; in this case pig latin. This interpretation is likely to be controversial and other interpretations will change the order of most commonly predicted languages shown above. A new pool will open shortly to predict when someone will take me to [[WP:ARB\|Arbcom]] over this.</ref>