Lost languages discovered in the oldest continuously run libraries (2017)

Re:Lost languages discovered in the oldest continuously run ... by muststopmyths on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @09:17AM (#29794951)

I'm sure you know that there is a reason your opinion is highly unpopular. Language doesn't just communicate fish and net.

Poetry, songs and literature just do not seamlessly translate between languages very well. Nor should we lose the calligraphy of Japanese/Chinese/Arabic/Persian.

Humanity would lose a lot if we all went to just one language and script.

Sure, when all the rich people flee to Elysium or Mars, they will be better off with generations growing up together with a common language and script. Because the population will be small in comparison and they will be creating their own civilization.

But until then, I'd like to keep the diversity right here on Earth.

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Re:Lost languages discovered in the oldest continuously run ... by newsbinator on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @09:23AM (#29795018)

> Poetry, songs and literature just do not seamlessly translate between languages very well. Nor should we lose the calligraphy of Japanese/Chinese/Arabic/Persian.

We don't have to incinerate anything. There won't be a government commission you have to petition to be allowed to do Japanese calligraphy or read a poem in its original language.

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Re:Lost languages discovered in the oldest continuously run ... by ksdale on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @11:52AM (#29796874)

I mean, if you don't force people to do it, then English is The One Language you're talking about. People have basically collectively decided that if they're talking to someone halfway around the world, the words for net and fish are net and fish.

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Re:Lost languages discovered in the oldest continuously run ... by paganel on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @11:58AM (#29796953)

Of course not, but the language will get lost, with time.

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Re:Lost languages discovered in the oldest continuously run ... by dorchadas on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @12:23PM (#29797253)

This is already happening, at an ever increasing rate. It's likely that the majority of languages will be extinct by the end of the century.

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