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Andriy Yasharov
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Украина
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английский => русский
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Natural process Jun 8, 2011

It's all natural. Like all living things languages have their life span. I have an interesting question to ask, how many new languages have appeared lately?
 
Ivan Rocha, CT
Ivan Rocha, CT
Канада
английский => португальский
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Agree with Andrey Jun 8, 2011

The world loses nothing with the passing of such languages. Only culture in the anthropologic sense was produced within their realms. It's not like civilization is losing French, English, German, Portuguese or Russian.
 
Hege Jakobsen Lepri
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Норвегия
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английский => норвежский
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I beg to (strongly) disagree Jun 9, 2011

An illuminating point in support of the thesis that this IS a problem from an article in The Economist from way back in 2004.

http://www.economist.com/node/3518542

"Good riddance, say some. Throughout human history, languages have been born, evolved and died; why not let nature take its course? If speakers of minority languages really wanted to hang on to them, they would make ... See more
An illuminating point in support of the thesis that this IS a problem from an article in The Economist from way back in 2004.

http://www.economist.com/node/3518542

"Good riddance, say some. Throughout human history, languages have been born, evolved and died; why not let nature take its course? If speakers of minority languages really wanted to hang on to them, they would make strenuous efforts to keep them alive. If they do not, it means they no longer have a use for them. Trying to save moribund languages is pointless.

Misguided cultural Darwinism, cry the linguists. Endangered languages were perfectly suited to their speakers' way of life until their habitat changed through the intervention of other humans. There is a close parallel with man's encroachment on the natural environment, but the environmentalists have made faster progress. Greenery has become mainstream, and preserving some rare butterfly, wildflower or ecosystem is considered a worthy goal. In the same way, languages should be preserved to safeguard diversity, say these linguists: a widespread loss of languages is the equivalent of an ecological disaster. " ▲ Collapse
 


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