Can anyone provide me with concrete evidence?
2007-04-14 17:50:28 · 5 answers · asked by fabriquet 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Yes. Undeniably. According to one report I read, it is estimated that about one of the world's 6,000 or so languages dies every day. At this rate, the great majority of today's languages will be gone in 200 years.
Off the top of my head, I know of two languages which have disappeared in my lifetime: Manx, a Celtic language spoken on the Isle of Man closely related to Irish and Scottish Gaelic. It has been extinct since 1957, 1962 or 1965 depending on whose account of the 'last speaker' you go by. Another is Huron - Wyandott and Iroquoian Indian language once spoken in much of Ohio, Ontario and Quebec. The last speakers of this language in both Canada and Oklahoma died in the 1950's, maybe the 1960's. The problem is that there are always slightly different accounts from different people.
Sometimes unique dialects of languages die out too. For example, Ulster Irish died out in the 1950's, and the Cappadocian dialect of Greek, in Turkey, with its many Turko-Persian influences has been extinct since the 1960's.
2007-04-14 18:12:10 · answer #1 · answered by Brennus 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There are 2 residing languages, Gaelic and Scots. Gaelic is spoken as a gesture of community or national delight, and found out via some Scottish people out of educational activity. It ceased to say no some years in the past, and is now slowly reappearing. Scots, the language of the Lowlands, remains very extensively understood attributable to the works of Burns and others, and has a plenty-enjoyed place - definitely as a written language - in Scottish custom. Slan na Gael!
2016-11-24 19:25:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some languages are growing vary fast. Examples: english, spanish and portuguese. Others are under threat: the scandinavian languages, japanese and dutch are menaced to be replaced by english. Many languages are already disapeared: the many languages of the native american populations, and the languages of the peoples that don't exist anymore, like the old egyptians, fenicians, babylonians, etc.
2007-04-15 00:44:41 · answer #3 · answered by Falco 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, for instance Dalmatian - disappeared in the 19th century, and the language spoken on the Easter Island.
2007-04-15 12:05:16 · answer #4 · answered by nikea 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not exactly, but growing and evolving.
2007-04-14 20:29:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋