What are the languages of the future ?
Do you think there are languages that will die ?
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deadgerbil · 22-25
Languages that are endangered now have a chance of dying. People are getting better at preserving languages though so idk how many will die/become lost. English will be the dominant language for the foreseeable future. I can't really see Chinese taking over, given that their dialects aren't even mutually intelligible with each other.
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deadgerbil · 22-25
@Moon3624 Yeah Chinese is other worldly with its difficulty. You can learn Chinese in school and think "I'm going to visit China" just find out you're surrounded by people who speak a different dialect and you can't understand anything aside from writing.
I wonder how much the Chinese population will continue to grow. Generally, as countries become more developed, they begin to level off and tend to shrink. Japan is an extreme case of that where their population decrease and aging population is becoming a real issue
I wonder how much the Chinese population will continue to grow. Generally, as countries become more developed, they begin to level off and tend to shrink. Japan is an extreme case of that where their population decrease and aging population is becoming a real issue
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deadgerbil · 22-25
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Of the world's several thousand languages, most are endangered and spoken by small tribal groups. I think many of those languages will die as people learn to speak the dominant language of their nation or English, which is becoming the dominant language of the world. Language is a tool and people tend to learn the language that will help them get ahead in life. An endangered language often isn't much help, though I support efforts to preserve them.
Elessar · 26-30, M
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SinlessOnslaught · 26-30, M
DestroyerOfIdeologies · 22-25, M
assemblingaknob · 26-30, F
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Reflection2 · 41-45, M
There is UN list of endanger languages. The list includes my mother tounge too. We are less than a million worldwide.
SoulAsylum · 31-35, M
One big monolanguage
bijouxbroussard · F
Moon3624 · 18-21, F
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What kind of languages are they?
What kind of languages are they?
bijouxbroussard · F
@Moon3624 Gullah is a patois that developed in some coastal and island areas of the U.S. South, spoken by some communities since slave days, with some roots in languages from the Congo and Sierra Leone.
The Creole language in Louisiana (that my father’s family spoke), developed there, with some terms brought from Haiti.
The Creole language in Louisiana (that my father’s family spoke), developed there, with some terms brought from Haiti.
empanadas · 31-35, M
Well, I somewhat speak Lucumí. Which is a mixture of Spanish and west African. Learned it from my grandparents from my mom side. It already dead outside of rituals. Mainly only used now for Santeria. definitely see English, Hindi, Spanish , Arabic, french and Portuguese. Staying around for awhile.
