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==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>

*The most imaginative entry is [[English language|English]] by [[User:Radiant!]].

*<s>The least likely language that actually exists and is in widespread human use is [[American Sign Language]] by [[User:gadfium]].</s> Update: ASL now has a [http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/ase Wikipedia incubator page], so it is no longer such an unlikely candidate.