What are the next lost lanuages?

[Patroklos]

It is inevitable with globalization that language barriers will increasingly be breached, and as peope learn multiple languages for use on a regular basis some will gain precidence over others to the point of making many irrelevant.

Which languages in the next 150 years do you see disappering or being reduced to legacy languages such as Latin?

Personally I see some of the less prolific European languages being the first on the chopping block such as Dutch and eventually ones like German and Polish.

 

[Mowque]

Which languages in the next 150 years do you see disappering or being reduced to legacy languages such as Latin?

Dozens of Third World nation languages are being destroyed as we speak.

 

[Patroklos]

Yes, but most of those are hardly prolific now and those that are like the various indigenous African ones are currently expanding with the population.

 

[Higher Game]

Most of France's local languages will be gone, like Breton. Italian languages are a bit better off, if only due less extreme language nationalism. Walloon and Frisian will definitely be gone. The British local languages will probably survive.

 

[Patroklos]

Are those all considered languages in their own right or rather dialects and derivatives encompassed under broader language titles?

 

[Higher Game]

Yes, they're languages. Welsh and Breton are Celtic, having nothing to do with French (Latin derived) or English (Germanic). Walloon is related to French (it's d'oïl), and has similarities due to being in the same family, but it's a different language. Frisian is the closest European language to English.

 

[emzie]

Most of France's local languages will be gone, like Breton. Italian languages are a bit better off, if only due less extreme language nationalism. Walloon and Frisian will definitely be gone. The British local languages will probably survive.

There's no way Manx / Welsh / Irish are going to survive beyond people learning them for the sake of learning them.

 

[dutchfire]

It is inevitable with globalization that language barriers will increasingly be breached, and as peope learn multiple languages for use on a regular basis some will gain precidence over others to the point of making many irrelevant.

Which languages in the next 150 years do you see disappering or being reduced to legacy languages such as Latin?

Personally I see some of the less prolific European languages being the first on the chopping block such as Dutch and eventually ones like German and Polish.

Never!

I think we'll hold on for at least another 200 years, though I think most regional accents will be pretty much lost by then.

 

[Cutlass]

Most of the remaining Native American languages. The the fastest rate of language extinction in the world right now AFAIK is in the United States.

 

[Bill3000]

The minority languages such as the Celtic languages, Catalan, Italian languages, Sorbian, Frisian, Kashubian, all of the Native American and Siberian languages are going to inevitably go extinct. The revival attempts arn't going to work simply because there is no need for the language.

 

[LucyDuke]

The minority languages such as the Celtic languages, Catalan, Italian languages, Sorbian, Frisian, Kashubian, all of the Native American and Siberian languages are going to inevitably go extinct. The revival attempts arn't going to work simply because there is no need for the language.

Attempting revival is a waste of resources. We should be focusing on making records.

 

[Bill3000]

Attempting revival is a waste of resources. We should be focusing on making records.

Yeah, you're probably right. It's tragic when a language dies, but you have to be realistic and preserve it.

Sorry, Phillipe. Your descendants will speak French.

 

[gangleri2001]

The minority languages such as the Celtic languages, Catalan, Italian languages, Sorbian, Frisian, Kashubian, all of the Native American and Siberian languages are going to inevitably go extinct. The revival attempts arn't going to work simply because there is no need for the language.

I doubt it. I don't think that Catalan's current situation can even be compared to the celtic languages, sorbian, frisian or any native american languages' one.

 

[Bill3000]

I doubt it. I don't think that Catalan's current situation can even be compared to celtic languages, sorbian, frisian or any native american language.

So you'll take longer to become extinct.

 

[Mad Man]

Irish,Ainu,Pennsylvania Dutch,Sami and Gullah.

 

[Higher Game]

Attempting revival is a waste of resources. We should be focusing on making records.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revival_of_the_Hebrew_language

Records can lead to revival.

 

[gangleri2001]

So you'll take longer to become extinct.

Just like English: all this "international language" thing will only postpone its death.

 

[LucyDuke]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revival_of_the_Hebrew_language

Records can lead to revival.

Which is totally cool! If the dudes back in the day had spent all their time trying to keep everyone talkin' the same, they wouldn't've been able to keep such good records, and all hope of revival would be lost.

Just like English: all this "international language" thing will only postpone its death.

This isn't a contest.

 

[gangleri2001]

This isn't a contest.

Then why is almost everybody obssesed with minority languages dying before "majority" languages? The opposite case is also probable: English dying before Catalan. That would be so cool

 

[emzie]

Then why is almost everybody obssesed with minority languages dying before "majority" languages? The opposite case is also probable: English dying before Catalan. That would be so cool

English isn't going to die; it'll evolve, taking elements of many languages with it, but it won't die. You'll get localized hybrids and dialects retaining part of the native language (think of English with Catalan inflections / words mixed in).