Are new languages still being created or.......?

Question

will existing languages die-out in time with advent of globalisation, Internet, media, movement of people etc??

As my first language is Welsh (had to learn English at shcool in early 70's) it's very noticeable how English migration into north Wales in 70's especially (and onwards) affected the language as did the lack of equitable media at the time en par with English... we know have a part-time Welsh tv channel, Radio channel and still no daily Welsh language paper.. Local govt. planning controls are now about to take into account the effect of building developments on the language. Numbers speaking Welsh up but % down.... is there a safe future?

Answer 1

It depends where you live..I live on the Llyn peninsula and the future there seems assured.There is a threat with this proposed expansion of the Pwllheli marina but I don't think it will be serious.
The holiday homes in places like Abersoch and Mynytho have more impact,especially as some owners decide to retire there.
These homes are way above the price range of locals so something must be done to curb this influx.Before anyone starts shouting 'racist'..there is a system in force in the lake district to
safeguard the locals who wish to buy houses in the area.What chance do locals earning £18,000 a year have of affording even a modest home for say £150,000 when retired people from London sell their houses for £900,000+ and can then buy local houses easily?
This is the problem for Welsh-speaking Wales..the influx of monoglot English who have no respect for local language and culture and who openly refuse to even attempt to learn the language.
Paid a phoeni..bydd yr iaith yn fyw am hir iawn eto.

Answer 2

There is a new language being developed in Kenya - mostly in Nairobi. It's called Sheng, and although it had its roots in a mixture of Kiswahili, Kikuyu, English etc, it is gradually taking on a life of its own. I believe an American academic is doing a study on it.

Maybe a new global language will emerge over the next few generations, in exactly the same way - as people mix and match words from their own languages. A sort of Esperanto from the bottom up.




Languages ARE dying out - there are many languages with only a handful of speakers, often old people.

No "living" language ever stays the same - they are constantly evolving around a central core: many words in English have been in use for a thousand years or more (possibly slightly modified).

Kiswahili itself is a language which developed as Arab traders/slavers moved up and down the East African coast - combining local (coastal) African languages with Arabic.

I think that the major languages will continue to develop as they always have, but a new lingua franca will develop - possibly with English as its core.
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Answer 3

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Answer 4

Makes you/me wonder especially with the entrenched 1 world order folks>>>>>> but Interesting >> regardless of your countries airplane origin WORLD wide ALL cabin/flight crew speak English 1st to the tower controller and other than the fact i've not been to Russia I Imagine its the same = a pilot's Universal tranlator>>lol MM

Answer 5

i think dialects are always being created i.e. carucaos papiamento which is a combination of portugese dutch and others including arawak. this is an example of a language which has evolved from others naturally. however, there are always people i.e. Daniel Tammet who is a 'savant' who is creating his own language. i dont think languages will die out, although some will become more or less used. unless the people themselves die out i.e. the romans, i dont think any languages will completely disappear

Answer 6

It is not so much new languages, but existing ones changing and developing. If you spoke English to somebody from hundreds of years ago, you would have trouble understanding each other.

Answer 7

new languages are not being created for the masses, but for individuals and a small group of associates. languages are always in flux, chainging all the time olde english to morden english as an exampel.