Dying Languages

[Robert Magoo]

It is slightly bothersome, but I certainly don't want government to get involved in "protecting" languages...

[MC United]

I think they should develop translation apps for the dying languages so they can communicate with their neighbors without needing to use the neighbor language. Or if all the apps translate into English and back then one app can translate from Dying Language A into English and the other from English to Dying Language B. Dying languages could then still be used. Probably wont capture all the shades of meaning but oh well, cant have everything.

[Equimanthon]

Is that what the Scotts think? Tha fact that they had to submit to English rule makes the survival of their language that much more important to them, I would think.

Submit to English rule? Their king became our king, not the other way round, and their parliament voted to unite as a country with us. Learn your history from books, not Braveheart.

[Vunaxtax]

I know that mostly tribal languages in South America and Africa are now almost extinct because they made their own language for their tribes or clans. In fact when a language dies they call it Languagecide. Death of a language. I know this man in Ireland spoken a language similar to English and the language was called Yula and when the last person of thier family had died of old age. The language went with him to heaven or should I say Language Heaven where all languages go when they die XD. But really it's true! Latin is extcint now and now dialects and tribal languages are now becoming extinct. I made up my own language called Bettaese which is Japanese and French combine. My main goal is to make another common spoken language in the whole world. But I'm also worried about it becoming extinct! I hope my language dosen't become extinct.

[H-Alba]

Is that what the Scotts think? Tha fact that they had to submit to English rule makes the survival of their language that much more important to them, I would think.

Submit to English rule? Their king became our king, not the other way round, and their parliament voted to unite as a country with us. Learn your history from books, not Braveheart.

… England invaded us before the Stewarts became the Royal Family of England as well. Perhaps you should be the one to read a history book? During the second and third interregnum of the Scottish Royal Family the English had occupied Scotland, and set up their own lords and nobles. Why did the Scottish Parliament vote to unite as a country? Because they were Lowlanders, ethnically similar to the English, and culturally identical in nearly every aspect. Not very fair for the highlanders and gaels, now was it?

[Vunaxtax]

Anyway you ever heard of a made language which is spoken around the world called Espenrato or something. I forget how to spell it but i know a similar language to it called Ezo and is another most spoken made up language in the world too. In fact the movie Avatar the Navi who spoke the Nav'i actually is another made up language made by professer at college somewhere in the USA.

[Andaluciae]

I don't think we should be saving languages, we should be working towards exterminating more of them.

Why?

And only if we start with the bastard language of English. Really, germanic structure with romance words, ugh.

That's what's so wonderful about English. Given a couple more centuries, and it will be so diluted, that it will no longer belong to anyone.

[Zarvarza]

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For all those who said they should preserve those old languages, please then start doing your part and learning one of them. The fact is unless you learn it, your not going to perserve anything, Language is in the hands of the people who speak it.

I, for one, support a singular Global Language, and most likely Mandarin will replace English as the Global Language by centuries end.

[Vunaxtax]

okay thats is what i know about languages and made up languages. So i'm going to go back to BYOND and play the game Sunday the 19th. aka my favorite on BYOND! >:) I think thats really enough that I said on this forum because I really don't want to spam. :S Anyway later guys!

[Varazhdin]

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For all those who said they should preserve those old languages, please then start doing your part and learning one of them. The fact is unless you learn it, your not going to perserve anything, Language is in the hands of the people who speak it.

I, for one, support a singular Global Language, and most likely Mandarin will replace English as the Global Language by centuries end.

But there's not much point in other people learning it if the original speaker group loses it. Then it's pretty much just as dead.

[Spartan Philidelphia]

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For all those who said they should preserve those old languages, please then start doing your part and learning one of them. The fact is unless you learn it, your not going to perserve anything, Language is in the hands of the people who speak it.

I, for one, support a singular Global Language, and most likely Mandarin will replace English as the Global Language by centuries end.

But there's not much point in other people learning it if the original speaker group loses it. Then it's pretty much just as dead.

Then I guess there's no point in learning any languages. All the original speakers are dead now.

[Angleter]

I think they should develop translation apps for the dying languages so they can communicate with their neighbors without needing to use the neighbor language. Or if all the apps translate into English and back then one app can translate from Dying Language A into English and the other from English to Dying Language B. Dying languages could then still be used. Probably wont capture all the shades of meaning but oh well, cant have everything.

I don't think the speakers of these sorts of languages tend to have smartphones.

[The Blaatschapen]

I think they should develop translation apps for the dying languages so they can communicate with their neighbors without needing to use the neighbor language. Or if all the apps translate into English and back then one app can translate from Dying Language A into English and the other from English to Dying Language B. Dying languages could then still be used. Probably wont capture all the shades of meaning but oh well, cant have everything.

I don't think the speakers of these sorts of languages tend to have smartphones.

Besides, then Apple can just block a certain language its translator app from its store and thus isolate the language. And only because the language did not have a word for iPad

[Great New Albion]

I think we should save dying languages. A language is a different way of thinking and a crucial component of it's culture. Diversity in the world is important.

Arguably languages are in fact no longer dying out naturally because they are unneeded. They're dying because of the pressures of globalism. The fact that half the worlds languages are expected to die by 2100 illustrates this.

[Hippostania]

We need less languages, not more. Globalization requires that all citizens of Earth should have at least basic knowledge of the current lingua franca, and if your native language is some endangered hoolaboogistan language, it's going to make learning English a lot more difficult.
My idea is if you can't find a McDonald's website in your language, then your language is useless and it should die out.

[Zarvarza]

We need less languages, not more. Globalization requires that all citizens of Earth should have at least basic knowledge of the current lingua franca, and if your native language is some endangered hoolaboogistan language, it's going to make learning English a lot more difficult.
My idea is if you can't find a McDonald's website in your language, then your language is useless and it should die out.

Very True

[SD_Film Artists]

But why keep diversity? It only leads it an 'us and them' mentality.

So? You say it like it's a bad thing.

Of course it's a bad thing, it leads to racism.

[Varazhdin]

I think we should save dying languages. A language is a different way of thinking and a crucial component of it's culture. Diversity in the world is important.

Arguably languages are in fact no longer dying out naturally because they are unneeded. They're dying because of the pressures of globalism. The fact that half the worlds languages are expected to die by 2100 illustrates this.

You have my complete approval.

[Varazhdin]

So? You say it like it's a bad thing.

Of course it's a bad thing, it leads to racism.

I suppose that the fact that the human species has two sexes leads to sexism?

[MC United]

I think they should develop translation apps for the dying languages so they can communicate with their neighbors without needing to use the neighbor language. Or if all the apps translate into English and back then one app can translate from Dying Language A into English and the other from English to Dying Language B. Dying languages could then still be used. Probably wont capture all the shades of meaning but oh well, cant have everything.

I don't think the speakers of these sorts of languages tend to have smartphones.

But they can be supplied with them. Just think of the positive publicity!

[SD_Film Artists]

I disagree - the purpose of language is communication, hence easier communication is the perfect reason.

Language is not an element of identity - it is a means of communication. No one ever identified themselves by language. What matters is what the words mean - not what they are.

Yes it is,
because different people speak different languages. Language is a simbol of identity just like pretty much anything else that makes one person different from another person, like colour of persons house, or his favourite kind of music. Of course, it would be much simpler if we all lived in identical houses, ate identical food, or listen to identical music, but we don't do that.

Except that Languages isn't representative of personality/lifestyle.

[SD_Film Artists]

Of course it's a bad thing, it leads to racism.

I suppose that the fact that the human species has two sexes leads to sexism?

It can do, but not in this context; as it's a fact that women are different from men, but it's not a fact that your neighbour with the red flag is ethnically different from you with the blue flag.

[Equimanthon]

… England invaded us before the Stewarts became the Royal Family of England as well. Perhaps you should be the one to read a history book? During the second and third interregnum of the Scottish Royal Family the English had occupied Scotland, and set up their own lords and nobles. Why did the Scottish Parliament vote to unite as a country? Because they were Lowlanders, ethnically similar to the English, and culturally identical in nearly every aspect. Not very fair for the highlanders and gaels, now was it?

Yes, what a shame that those poor, apelike mountaindwelling highland cavemen had to come and live in cities like proper human beings and learn a real language, so sad.

[SD_Film Artists]

… England invaded us before the Stewarts became the Royal Family of England as well. Perhaps you should be the one to read a history book? During the second and third interregnum of the Scottish Royal Family the English had occupied Scotland, and set up their own lords and nobles. Why did the Scottish Parliament vote to unite as a country? Because they were Lowlanders, ethnically similar to the English, and culturally identical in nearly every aspect. Not very fair for the highlanders and gaels, now was it?

Yes, what a shame that those poor, apelike mountaindwelling highland cavemen had to come and live in cities like proper human beings and learn a real language, so sad.

Barbaric, not apelike

[Forsakia]

Submit to English rule? Their king became our king, not the other way round, and their parliament voted to unite as a country with us. Learn your history from books, not Braveheart.

… England invaded us before the Stewarts became the Royal Family of England as well. Perhaps you should be the one to read a history book? During the second and third interregnum of the Scottish Royal Family the English had occupied Scotland, and set up their own lords and nobles. Why did the Scottish Parliament vote to unite as a country? Because they were Lowlanders, ethnically similar to the English, and culturally identical in nearly every aspect. Not very fair for the highlanders and gaels, now was it?

Are you really trying to push the idea of a genetic difference?