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The tragedy of dying languages [View all] MichaelMcGuire Feb 2012 OP
K & R Thanks for posting a la izquierda Feb 2012 #1
I'm currently learning Scottish Gaelic. nt MichaelMcGuire Feb 2012 #2
Is that very different from Irish Gaelic? flamingdem Feb 2012 #14
Both are part of the Goidelic languages nt MichaelMcGuire Feb 2012 #16
According to Wiki flamingdem Feb 2012 #17
Cornish is part of the Brythonic languages. MichaelMcGuire Feb 2012 #19
Old article from 2010 BumRushDaShow Feb 2012 #3
What's really lost zipplewrath Feb 2012 #4
I'd disagree with "The passing of a tounge that virtually no one uses anymore isn't all that MichaelMcGuire Feb 2012 #10
But not of a dying language zipplewrath Feb 2012 #13
Dickensian English, not so much. MineralMan Feb 2012 #20
You probably would understand a few words of Aeld Englisc as compared to Irish Gaelic geardaddy Feb 2012 #41
I know there's no connection. I was just using Gaelic as an example. MineralMan Feb 2012 #45
I agree that Old English would be largely unintelligble. geardaddy Feb 2012 #48
It all depends on who is hearing the unusual accent. MineralMan Feb 2012 #50
It definitely helps if the listener is exposed to a variety of accents. geardaddy Feb 2012 #52
I used to translate for coworkers from Downeast Maine and South Georgia... FarCenter Feb 2012 #69
Well said. H2O Man Feb 2012 #55
counterpoint ... eppur_se_muova Feb 2012 #5
Interesting link MichaelMcGuire Feb 2012 #11
This is a choice made by people of these groups. Romulox Feb 2012 #6
+1 Poll_Blind Feb 2012 #8
Most of the dead Native American languages were deliberately killed Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2012 #9
+1 MichaelMcGuire Feb 2012 #12
Nobody prevented you from learning Norwegian. That was your choice. Romulox Feb 2012 #18
Wasn't me--it was my grandparents who stopped speaking Norwegian Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2012 #21
You tend to make my point. nt Romulox Feb 2012 #23
During World War I there was a lot of pressure on immigrant communities to use English FarCenter Feb 2012 #68
Yes, that was the era. My aunt would have been in 1st grade in 1915. Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2012 #70
Several years ago, I saw a documentary on PBS about the treatment of the Cajuns in Lousiana aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2012 #30
I have a friend who stll remembers how her teacher slapped her face hard suffragette Feb 2012 #58
+1000 geardaddy Feb 2012 #44
Yes and no REP Feb 2012 #76
Indeed! CanSocDem Feb 2012 #7
So interesting, thanks flamingdem Feb 2012 #15
To my knowledge, only one indigenous language is gaining speakers KamaAina Feb 2012 #22
I noticed that growth between 1977 and 1991 Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2012 #24
Yup. The overall cultural renaissance began in 1978 KamaAina Feb 2012 #25
A few of the minority European languages are also enjoying revivals. hunter Feb 2012 #57
Why in the world is this a tragedy? former9thward Feb 2012 #26
Honduras vs. El Salvador in 1969 Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2012 #27
Honduras vs. El Salvador in 1969" former9thward Feb 2012 #31
Are you monolingual? Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2012 #32
Various languages keep people in low standards of living. former9thward Feb 2012 #35
Oh, you aren't "on the left" then? Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2012 #37
I speak English. former9thward Feb 2012 #40
So you know nothing of the beauty of other languages or why Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2012 #64
let's be fair then Sea-Dog Feb 2012 #38
You may not have heard of Esparanto. former9thward Feb 2012 #43
I'm not of the mind that wiping out languages is a great thing Sea-Dog Feb 2012 #61
And *it never caught on* Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2012 #63
Keep those rightwing talking points coming. geardaddy Feb 2012 #46
I would say individualistic languages which separate people former9thward Feb 2012 #47
Really. Then why are all the English first people right wing? geardaddy Feb 2012 #49
I don't know what you mean by English first former9thward Feb 2012 #51
Where did I say that it would be ok with me. Way to overreach on that one. geardaddy Feb 2012 #53
Nothing could be mandated. former9thward Feb 2012 #54
French used to be the international language. geardaddy Feb 2012 #56
"I have never ran," "the less languages" Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2012 #66
You have been putting up strawmen all through this thread. former9thward Feb 2012 #78
???? n/t Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2012 #85
I have never met a left-winger who was offended when immigrants spoke their native language Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2012 #67
"They're POSITIVE that the immigrants are talking trash about them." geardaddy Feb 2012 #71
In real life, no, the left wing supports cultural self-determination Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2012 #65
Again +1 MichaelMcGuire Feb 2012 #88
:( nt sudopod Feb 2012 #28
Best example of... LanternWaste Feb 2012 #29
best throw away comment yet Sea-Dog Feb 2012 #34
It's a valid point. randome Feb 2012 #39
dogma more like Sea-Dog Feb 2012 #59
Champions of one language should learn how to use it. REP Feb 2012 #73
The bloodiest wars are when they speak the same language... hunter Feb 2012 #74
The American Civil War had more causalities than WW I and WW II? former9thward Feb 2012 #80
The wars in Europe were civil wars. hunter Feb 2012 #81
WWI and WW II were not civil wars. former9thward Feb 2012 #82
Sorry. All those white Christian people look alike to me. hunter Feb 2012 #83
The languages are similar? former9thward Feb 2012 #84
Who said anything about Japan or China? hunter Feb 2012 #86
That may be what you were talking about. former9thward Feb 2012 #87
Happy International Mother Language Day 21/2/2012 nt MichaelMcGuire Feb 2012 #33
Dydd Mamiaith Rhyngwladol Hapus! geardaddy Feb 2012 #42
Cenadl heb iaith, cenadl heb garon REP Feb 2012 #62
Hen air ardderchog, REP geardaddy Feb 2012 #72
K&R Solly Mack Feb 2012 #36
K&R suffragette Feb 2012 #60
My middle daughter took four years of latin in high school. Teacher retired and it's gone. HopeHoops Feb 2012 #75
I even paid tribute to this in a book DFW Feb 2012 #77
This points up the fact that a lot of smaller tribes were wiped out Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2012 #79
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