Re:Switzerland's mysterious fourth language
by pbhjpbhj on Friday June 29, 2018 @07:00AM
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If you can communicate with more people through a language you can trade, you can create cultural artefacts and people will support that creation.
Trying to prevent the natural decline of one language in the face of a populations preferred use of another costs time and money. There's a cost involved directly and indirectly in not having those resources to spend elsewhere.
Trying to prevent the natural decline of one language in the face of a populations preferred use of another costs time and money. There's a cost involved directly and indirectly in not having those resources to spend elsewhere.