Why does linguistics appear focus on spoken languages rather than written ones?

MightI might be wrong, since I'm unable to find any sources supporting this, but it's increasingly my gut feeling that linguistics appears to focus on spoken languages as opposed to written ones. If this is the case, why is it?

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Might be wrong, since I'm unable to find any sources supporting this, but appears most ofit's increasingly my gut feeling that linguistics is focusedappears focus on speechspoken languages. If sothis is the case, why is it?

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Might be wrong, but appears most of linguistics is focused on spoken wordsspeech. If so, why?

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