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ALR3000 t1_j9s7jo9 wrote

Reply to comment by samuelgato in TIL that there are more than 160 endangered languages in the United States alone. In addition to many Native American languages, Cajun French, Eastern Yiddish, and Martha's Vineyard, Hawaii, and Plains Sign Language are all endangered. by afeeney

Thanks for this. Development of a different language requires relatively prolonged linguistic isolation. With billions of people, broadcast media spreading everywhere, and economic integration around the globe, how is a population going to be relatively isolated? And when firefly isolated populations come in contact.... Well, you get the point

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The_Linguist_LL t1_j9se1j3 wrote

Language loss isn't just a factor of connection, it's economic disparity, political, cultural, and linguistic discrimination and oppression, lack of institutional support, and ethnolinguistic genocide. People aren't just tossing their cultures to the side because they have neighbors.

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ALR3000 t1_j9tf07i wrote

Actually, your wrong.

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The_Linguist_LL t1_j9tf39v wrote

I'm literally and objectively correct little buddy.

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ALR3000 t1_j9tfi0h wrote

Lol! The factors you cited tend to isolate populations, thus promoting language separation. Using the phrase "literally and objectively" indicates...you are pulling this out of your butt. Have a good day, little buddy-ette!

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The_Linguist_LL t1_j9tfpe2 wrote

I guess the entire field of linguistics is wrong about linguistic change, because this reddcel says so.

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