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First, I did read your post. I merely stated the hypothetical Brazilian COULD know another language. Since we're being snarky here, as initiated by yourself, if you'd read MY post, you would have seen that the hypothetical Brizilian descended Ark person COULD have learned that language, but I never said anything about it being a second language. Perhaps it wasn't clear enough for you, but when I got to the part about how English is the 'lingua franca' for pilots and scientists. I assumed it was obvious that I was saying that English would be the most practical language for people on the Ark when the 12 stations came together

So, the Brazilian in my example, would know Portuguese as his/her native language, maybe Spanish if living near the border of one of the several South American Languages, and last but not least, English for one or more reasons. It is possible for a person to know more than two languages.

That said, I do agree that the likelihood of the Ark preserving any other languages would be low, since they were so certain nobody survived on the ground. They thought there'd be no need, since they thought there'd be nobody down there to talk to in the first place. So, now I must contradict my ost from two days ago, about if Bellamy spoke Spanish, since now I see no reason he'd ever have been taught it, unless he'd done it himself as a hobby or something.