iaing
January 26, 2015, 10:12pm
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What the World Will Speak in 2115, article here:
English will still dominate a century from now, but it will no longer share the planet with thousands of other languages. Instead, expect fewer but simpler modes of oral communication on every continent.
Personally, I think language may be headed this way:
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McWhorter is an interesting guy, there was a thread over here discussing his (favourable) comparison of Indonesian with Esperanto:
SanneT
January 27, 2015, 10:56am
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This is fascinating. You have a knack (?interest ?) for finding stimulating articles. From 6000 to 600 in a hundred years? Would Skype Translate be able to save a language?