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Probably only one. And it'll be barely recognizable to anyone alive on Earth right now.https://youtu.be/zZj8nb1H8oo?si=yygJiZLhTgWpfZsc I refer to this again
Probably only one. And it'll be barely recognizable to anyone alive on Earth right now.
I don't think so. With the internet, parity is well-preserved. The majority of communication in English speaking countries is now done through internet devices, and a majority of those devices have built-in spellcheck. There's far less room for mutation.
There wont be any humans in 2500.
Either we'll have evolved to a point where language, coding and indeed even pure math have merged into one another. ..and the word 'Language' is too vague, arkane and no longer in daily use....
...or we'll have devolved to the point of one universal language all right, one summed up like.....how did Einstein put it.......sticks and stones ?
Most younger folks I know speak at least 2 languages. I'm glad to see that BSL is getting more common.
I am bilingual but I do want to learn BSL too.
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Language doesn't evolve through typos.
Literally yes it does.Come to think of it, either "donut" or "doughnut" had to start as a typo, didn't it?
Come to think of it, either "donut" or "doughnut" had to start as a typo, didn't it?
There wont be any humans in 2500.
Come to think of it, either "donut" or "doughnut" had to start as a typo, didn't it?More of a marketing thing. Couldn't tell you who invented "donut" but it's clearly a phonetic shortening.
British sign language?Because they're actual independent languages with relatively little in common with English. All of them were developed / evolved independently.
What I want to know is why the hell it seems like every English speaking country has its own unique sign language which is completely different from all the others. Like someone in New Zealand can't use NZ sign language to communicate with someone using US sign language, because they're so different.
If one language hasn't completely dominated and won out, I can only see a handful of languages existing at most. Probably about 1 per continent.yeah this is sort of where I'm leaning towards too, unless there's some crazy global widespread community fracturing that happens