Language has rules, not just signals.
to speak a language is to participate in a rule-governed social game (Wittgenstein).
solipsism would have to explain where the rule structure comes from.
language involves shared norms; norms require more than one subject; therefore language presupposes at least the concept of other minds.
if solipsism were true you’d have to invent:
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a whole normative system
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with self-binding constraints
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for no reason whatsoever
that is: the very shape and function of language presupposes plurality.
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