> Suppose that my passport is written in my native language, Japanese.
> A Custom officer of foreign contry may not read it.  That makes a
> Custom formalities more uncomfortable or even inpossible once in a
> while.  So unless there is particular agreement, my passport should
> be written in English, which has smallest charcter sets.

Actually, I think Hawaiian has a significantly smaller character set
than English.  The reason for using English in things like passports is
not that it has a small character set but rather that it is _very_
widely understood, probably the closest thing to a globally understood
language there is at present.

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