5fish
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The world is losing it languages at a rapid rate and some people are up in arms about it . I am not one of them. I believe let the best languages win and keep historical record of the rest with recording of it being spoken. The world will get closer and everyone will be competing if we all shared the same language... We would all see and understand the world the same for better or for the worst and one world, one people and one love will follow...
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The grimmest predictions have 90 percent of the world's languages dying out by the end of this century. Although this might not seem important in the day-to-day life of an English speaker with no personal ties to the culture in which they’re spoken, language loss matters. Here’s what we all lose:
snip... I admit this first lost is tough but their vision did not carry the day...
1. We lose “The expression of a unique vision of what it means to be human”
2. We lose memory of the planet’s many histories and cultures.
3. We lose some of the best local resources for combatting environmental threats
4. Some people lose their mother tongue.
You know the last one tough too but again it lost to better competition... Let them die peacefully...
Four Things That Happen When a Language Dies
This World Mother Language Day, read about why many say we should be fighting to preserve linguistic diversity
www.smithsonianmag.com
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The grimmest predictions have 90 percent of the world's languages dying out by the end of this century. Although this might not seem important in the day-to-day life of an English speaker with no personal ties to the culture in which they’re spoken, language loss matters. Here’s what we all lose:
snip... I admit this first lost is tough but their vision did not carry the day...
1. We lose “The expression of a unique vision of what it means to be human”
2. We lose memory of the planet’s many histories and cultures.
3. We lose some of the best local resources for combatting environmental threats
4. Some people lose their mother tongue.
You know the last one tough too but again it lost to better competition... Let them die peacefully...