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by silverpepsi 1040 days ago
You're writing this tongue in cheek or really not knowing?

That's exactly what Indonesian is , a simplified standardized language to allow hundreds of different ethnicities with their own languages to easily communicate.

There are tons more but I guess Indonesian is the world's best example because it is the language of one the most populated island on earth and one of the most populus nations

And there's no need for three tenses, neither Chinese nor Indonesian have tenses.

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I mean European languages, in the context of internal migration inside EU.

I don't know anything about Indonesian so, it's nice to know my idea is not a crazy one.

If Chinese and Indonesian do not have tenses, how they communicate when the action happens?

Just put a time adverbial like last year today tomorrow later "in a bit".

:)