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Like would that language need to be spread around the world with several countries or would it need to be the language of the world's largest Economy? Are there other factors that could lead to a language becoming as popular as OTL English?
I guess that basically I am asking what was the most important factor in making English so popular in the world, and could other countries who replicate that factor in an ATL have their language take the role of English in OTL.