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RetuenOfDevsman 05/10/24 12:31:14 AM #1:	How many languages will the average human speak in the year 2500? - Results (121 votes) 1 50.41% (61 votes) 61 2 19.01% (23 votes) 23 3 4.96% (6 votes) 6 4-9 0.83% (1 vote) 1 10+ 4.96% (6 votes) 6 0 19.83% (24 votes) 24 Fluently, that is. --- There's a difference between canon and not-stupid. <cite>RetuenOfDevsman posted [p:980326246] in How many l... [t:80766151]...</cite> <quote> How many languages will the average human speak in the year 2500? - Results (121 votes) 1 50.41% (61 votes) 61 2 19.01% (23 votes) 23 3 4.96% (6 votes) 6 4-9 0.83% (1 vote) 1 10+ 4.96% (6 votes) 6 0 19.83% (24 votes) 24 Show Voting Form Fluently, that is. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ratchetrockon 05/10/24 12:32:54 AM #2:	1 --- I'm a Taurus. Currently playing: Carol Reed Mystery Dead Drop & Oldschool Runescape. He/Him <cite>Ratchetrockon posted [p:980326256] in How many l... [t:80766151]...</cite> <quote>1 </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Rotterdammerung 05/10/24 12:39:36 AM #3:	0.3 --- Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things. GNU STP They/them. Bad faith user <cite>Rotterdammerung posted [p:980326301] in How many l... [t:80766151]...</cite> <quote>0.3 </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Thermador446 05/10/24 12:41:14 AM #4:	Rotterdammerung posted... 0.3 Anything higher seems ridiculous --- "While you were wasting your time castrating a priceless antique, I was systematically feeding babies to hungry mutated puppies!" -The Monarch <cite>Thermador446 posted [p:980326317] in How many l... [t:80766151]...</cite> <quote>Rotterdammerung posted... </cite><quote>0.3</quote>Anything higher seems ridiculous </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
shironinja 05/10/24 12:41:55 AM #5:	imagine still using languages in the year two thousand five hundred. lol. just lol. --- Now or never. <cite>shironinja posted [p:980326325] in How many l... [t:80766151]...</cite> <quote>imagine still using languages in the year two thousand five hundred. lol. just lol. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Quezovercoatl 05/10/24 12:42:39 AM #6:	No humans left = no languages <cite>Quezovercoatl posted [p:980326334] in How many l... [t:80766151]...</cite> <quote>No humans left = no languages</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Baha05 05/10/24 12:44:39 AM #7:	One and they wont know what a cheeseburger and fries are. https://youtu.be/zZj8nb1H8oo?si=GlYBbn0KZDlBsmBL --- "He may be Mr. Clean, but his soul will always be dirty!" <cite>Baha05 posted [p:980326350] in How many l... [t:80766151]...</cite> <quote>One and they wont know what a cheeseburger and fries are.https://youtu.be/zZj8nb1H8oo?si=GlYBbn0KZDlBsmBL </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Fenriswolf 05/10/24 12:44:47 AM #8:	Depending on how much cybernetic RAM they could afford to upgrade their brain. --- Hello <cite>Fenriswolf posted [p:980326354] in How many l... [t:80766151]...</cite> <quote>Depending on how much cybernetic RAM they could afford to upgrade their brain. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Aristoph 05/10/24 12:46:45 AM #9:	1.5 I feel like most people will learn at least 1 secondary language as the world continues getting more and more connected. I don't expect places to give up on their native languages and switch to one "Earth Common" like most sci-fi seems to imply. I think that trope comes more from simple practicality of telling stories. But I also don't know if most people would be truly fluent in both languages they speak. Like I technically speak English and French, but I haven't had occasion to use French in a very, very long time. So I could still muddle through simple conversations or like asking for directions, but I don't think I'd qualify as fluent anymore. But as the globe gets more and more interconnected, maybe people would have more chances to flex those language muscles and stay fluent? --- PSN ID: Aristoph https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj5ydFYxnEODxpQeBswmiAA <cite>Aristoph posted [p:980326370] in How many l... [t:80766151]...</cite> <quote>1.5I feel like most people will learn at least 1 secondary language as the world continues getting more and more connected. I don't expect places to give up on their native languages and switch to one "Earth Common" like most sci-fi seems to imply. I think that trope comes more from simple practicality of telling stories.But I also don't know if most people would be truly fluent in both languages they speak. Like I technically speak English and French, but I haven't had occasion to use French in a very, very long time. So I could still muddle through simple conversations or like asking for directions, but I don't think I'd qualify as fluent anymore. But as the globe gets more and more interconnected, maybe people would have more chances to flex those language muscles and stay fluent? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Luigi_and_Tails 05/10/24 12:49:55 AM #10:	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. --- No, I'm not that one. <cite>Luigi_and_Tails posted [p:980326385] in How many l... [t:80766151]...</cite> <quote>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. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Nukazie 05/10/24 12:54:52 AM #11:	mandarin and english --- We suffer from the delusion that the entire universe is held in order by the categories of human thought. <cite>Nukazie posted [p:980326419] in How many l... [t:80766151]...</cite> <quote>mandarin and english </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Trumble 05/10/24 1:10:12 AM #12:	Probably only one. And it'll be barely recognizable to anyone alive on Earth right now. --- I fought the Trumble and the Trumble won. <cite>Trumble posted [p:980326530] in How many l... [t:80766151]...</cite> <quote>Probably only one. And it'll be barely recognizable to anyone alive on Earth right now. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Baha05 05/10/24 1:48:46 AM #13:	Trumble posted... 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 --- "He may be Mr. Clean, but his soul will always be dirty!" <cite>Baha05 posted [p:980326806] in How many l... [t:80766151]...</cite> <quote>Trumble posted... </cite><quote>Probably only one. And it'll be barely recognizable to anyone alive on Earth right now.</quote>https://youtu.be/zZj8nb1H8oo?si=yygJiZLhTgWpfZsc I refer to this again </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Guide 05/10/24 1:58:34 AM #14:	We will only need less languages as the internet further proliferates. Trumble posted... 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. --- evening main 2.4356848e+91 https://youtu.be/Acn5IptKWQU <cite>Guide posted [p:980326880] in How many l... [t:80766151]...</cite> <quote>We will only need less languages as the internet further proliferates.Trumble posted... </cite><quote>Probably only one. And it'll be barely recognizable to anyone alive on Earth right now.</quote>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. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Enclave 05/10/24 2:04:56 AM #15:	If humans are still around then? Probably one language accompanied by an AI powered translator. --- The commercial says that Church isn't for perfect people, I guess that's why I'm an atheist. <cite>Enclave posted [p:980326918] in How many l... [t:80766151]...</cite> <quote>If humans are still around then? Probably one language accompanied by an AI powered translator. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Rika_Furude 05/10/24 2:17:45 AM #16:	The less languages the better. I like the idea of earth becoming a global community <cite>Rika_Furude posted [p:980326991] in How many l... [t:80766151]...</cite> <quote>The less languages the better. I like the idea of earth becoming a global community</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Aristoph 05/10/24 2:57:05 AM #17:	Guide posted... 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. That's literally the exact opposite of reality. The English language is evolving faster today than it ever has at any point in the past. Due mostly to the internet and social media. Spell check is basically irrelevant. Language doesn't evolve through typos. It evolves through the introduction of new concepts, words, and slang terms. Which is happening faster and faster as people become more connected and share new ideas faster and with larger audiences than has ever been possible. A new English word used to take years from the time it first cropped up in one region until someone on the other side of the globe even heard it for the very first time. Now it takes milliseconds. --- PSN ID: Aristoph https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj5ydFYxnEODxpQeBswmiAA <cite>Aristoph posted [p:980327207] in How many l... [t:80766151]...</cite> <quote>Guide posted... </cite><quote>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.</quote>That's literally the exact opposite of reality. The English language is evolving faster today than it ever has at any point in the past. Due mostly to the internet and social media. Spell check is basically irrelevant. Language doesn't evolve through typos. It evolves through the introduction of new concepts, words, and slang terms. Which is happening faster and faster as people become more connected and share new ideas faster and with larger audiences than has ever been possible. A new English word used to take years from the time it first cropped up in one region until someone on the other side of the globe even heard it for the very first time. Now it takes milliseconds. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Hejiru 05/10/24 5:31:40 AM #18:	There wont be any humans in 2500. --- The difference between fiction and reality is that fiction has to make sense. <cite>Hejiru posted [p:980327950] in How many l... [t:80766151]...</cite> <quote>There wont be any humans in 2500. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Vivaldi7 05/10/24 6:37:59 AM #19:	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 ? --- --- "Saxon = joke account - I might put that in my sig." - MrXbox360_2012 <cite>Vivaldi7 posted [p:980328286] in How many l... [t:80766151]...</cite> <quote>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 ? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Irony 05/10/24 6:38:44 AM #20:	Hejiru posted... There wont be any humans in 2500. --- See profile pic <cite>Irony posted [p:980328290] in How many l... [t:80766151]...</cite> <quote>Hejiru posted... </cite><quote>There wont be any humans in 2500.</quote> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Glob 05/10/24 6:58:06 AM #21:	Vivaldi7 posted... 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 ? Fucking lol. <cite>Glob posted [p:980328369] in How many l... [t:80766151]...</cite> <quote>Vivaldi7 posted... </cite><quote>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 ?</quote>Fucking lol.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
mustachedmystic 05/10/24 7:12:47 AM #22:	According to the documentary series Cleopatra 2525 humanity will be living in a giant underground complex, because the outside world is dominated by large alien robots. And for some unknown reason, while mankind has somehow managed to build this giant underground bunker to hide from the aliens, they somehow lost the knowledge of elevators, as they have to use grappling lines attached to their wrists to traverse large vertical tunnels. So, I doubt many of them have the time or energy to learn multiple languages. --- I'm the eyehole man. I'm the only one that's allowed to have eyeholes! Get up on outta here with my eyeholes! <cite>mustachedmystic posted [p:980328440] in How many l... [t:80766151]...</cite> <quote>According to the documentary series Cleopatra 2525 humanity will be living in a giant underground complex, because the outside world is dominated by large alien robots. And for some unknown reason, while mankind has somehow managed to build this giant underground bunker to hide from the aliens, they somehow lost the knowledge of elevators, as they have to use grappling lines attached to their wrists to traverse large vertical tunnels. So, I doubt many of them have the time or energy to learn multiple languages. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Giacomo_Hawkins 05/10/24 7:20:08 AM #23:	We carry universal translators in our pocket already. If there are still humans around in 2500, there will be even less reason for the average person to speak more than a single language. Being a polyglot will be like writing cursive, a niche skill that is engaged in by hobbyists and which a few people make a lucrative career out of, but which has ultimately been supplanted by technology. If there are still humans around in 2500. --- Will the little voice in the back of my mind screaming "This is a bad idea" please yield the floor. --Mikey Chivalry be hanged, and so will you. <cite>Giacomo_Hawkins posted [p:980328479] in How many l... [t:80766151]...</cite> <quote>We carry universal translators in our pocket already. If there are still humans around in 2500, there will be even less reason for the average person to speak more than a single language. Being a polyglot will be like writing cursive, a niche skill that is engaged in by hobbyists and which a few people make a lucrative career out of, but which has ultimately been supplanted by technology.If there are still humans around in 2500. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Notti 05/10/24 7:25:09 AM #24:	Languages are dying. 1 --- https://m.youtube.com/TheYoungTurks/videos https://m.youtube.com/SamSeder http://RightWingWatch.org http://reddit.com/r/BreadTube http://fb.me/OccupyDemocrats <cite>Notti posted [p:980328514] in How many l... [t:80766151]...</cite> <quote>Languages are dying.1 </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
sfcalimari 05/10/24 8:05:12 AM #25:	Luigi_and_Tails posted... 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. British sign language? 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. --- "Tether even a roasted chicken." - Yamamoto Tsunetomo <cite>sfcalimari posted [p:980328786] in How many l... [t:80766151]...</cite> <quote>Luigi_and_Tails posted... </cite><quote>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.</quote>British sign language?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. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Guide 05/10/24 10:40:15 AM #26:	Aristoph posted... Language doesn't evolve through typos. Literally yes it does. It evolves through "good enough to get the idea across" approximations, adjustments to usage in other languages, adoptions... But now the codification is built-in. We can get new words, sure, but English formatting and syntax are here to stay for as long as the internet works the way that it does. --- evening main 2.4356848e+91 https://youtu.be/Acn5IptKWQU <cite>Guide posted [p:980330245] in How many l... [t:80766151]...</cite> <quote><quote>Aristoph posted... </cite>Language doesn't evolve through typos.</quote>Literally yes it does. It evolves through "good enough to get the idea across" approximations, adjustments to usage in other languages, adoptions... But now the codification is built-in. We can get new words, sure, but English formatting and syntax are here to stay for as long as the internet works the way that it does. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
RetuenOfDevsman 05/10/24 10:46:18 AM #27:	Guide posted... Literally yes it does. Come to think of it, either "donut" or "doughnut" had to start as a typo, didn't it? --- There's a difference between canon and not-stupid. <cite>RetuenOfDevsman posted [p:980330316] in How many l... [t:80766151]...</cite> <quote>Guide posted... </cite><quote>Literally yes it does.</quote>Come to think of it, either "donut" or "doughnut" had to start as a typo, didn't it? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LeoRavus 05/10/24 10:49:31 AM #28:	We're already to the point where English is all you need throughout most of the 1st world. It seems to be accepted as the universal language. Like when I went to SEA last year, the tours were all in English. There were people from all over the world on the tours, and they all spoke English. --- This is where cool people write stuff. <cite>LeoRavus posted [p:980330352] in How many l... [t:80766151]...</cite> <quote>We're already to the point where English is all you need throughout most of the 1st world. It seems to be accepted as the universal language.Like when I went to SEA last year, the tours were all in English. There were people from all over the world on the tours, and they all spoke English. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Guide 05/10/24 10:50:22 AM #29:	RetuenOfDevsman posted... Come to think of it, either "donut" or "doughnut" had to start as a typo, didn't it? Right. Hell, there was a time where spelling mistakes were only loosely a concept. You were of the rare privileged few who could read and write. Heard a new word that meant a new thing? Exciting! How do you write it? Well, it sounded like these letters put together, so that's what it is here, now. But Now now: Imagine if the Telephone Game had an automated AI check your message before you repeated it. --- evening main 2.4356848e+91 https://youtu.be/Acn5IptKWQU <cite>Guide posted [p:980330360] in How many l... [t:80766151]...</cite> <quote>RetuenOfDevsman posted... </cite><quote>Come to think of it, either "donut" or "doughnut" had to start as a typo, didn't it?</quote>Right. Hell, there was a time where spelling mistakes were only loosely a concept. You were of the rare privileged few who could read and write. Heard a new word that meant a new thing? Exciting! How do you write it? Well, it sounded like these letters put together, so that's what it is here, now.But Now now: Imagine if the Telephone Game had an automated AI check your message before you repeated it. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SauI_Goodman 05/10/24 10:50:39 AM #30:	1 or 2. --- Italian, French, German. <cite>SauI_Goodman posted [p:980330367] in How many l... [t:80766151]...</cite> <quote>1 or 2. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Pikachuchupika 05/10/24 10:54:04 AM #31:	Hejiru posted... There wont be any humans in 2500. Wanna bet? I believe humans will be around in 2500. Winner receives immortality. <cite>Pikachuchupika posted [p:980330411] in How many l... [t:80766151]...</cite> <quote>Hejiru posted... </cite><quote>There wont be any humans in 2500.</quote>Wanna bet? I believe humans will be around in 2500. Winner receives immortality. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
specialkid8 05/10/24 10:56:18 AM #32:	RetuenOfDevsman posted... 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. --- https://i.imgur.com/AUXKMK4.jpg <cite>specialkid8 posted [p:980330440] in How many l... [t:80766151]...</cite> <quote>RetuenOfDevsman posted... </cite><quote>Come to think of it, either "donut" or "doughnut" had to start as a typo, didn't it?</quote>More of a marketing thing. Couldn't tell you who invented "donut" but it's clearly a phonetic shortening. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
wackyteen 05/10/24 10:56:50 AM #33:	Idk if it'll necessarily be by 2500, but we're slowly moving towards one language. 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. I could see Arabic, English, Chinese and Spanish surviving that long, provided they haven't all melded into one language. --- The name is wackyteen for a reason. Never doubt. <cite>wackyteen posted [p:980330447] in How many l... [t:80766151]...</cite> <quote>Idk if it'll necessarily be by 2500, but we're slowly moving towards one language. 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. I could see Arabic, English, Chinese and Spanish surviving that long, provided they haven't all melded into one language. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Guide 05/10/24 10:59:28 AM #34:	Brits will retain the superfluous u out of sheer spite. --- evening main 2.4356848e+91 https://youtu.be/Acn5IptKWQU <cite>Guide posted [p:980330489] in How many l... [t:80766151]...</cite> <quote>Brits will retain the superfluous u out of sheer spite. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
kingdrake2 05/10/24 11:03:16 AM #35:	on post #7 that south park video always makes me laugh every single time. --- currently playing: elder scrolls skyrim (ps5) RIP Sophie the dog: February 2011-april 2024. we'll miss you alot. <cite>kingdrake2 posted [p:980330535] in How many l... [t:80766151]...</cite> <quote>on post #7 that south park video always makes me laugh every single time. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
shironinja 05/10/24 1:56:17 PM #36:	type beat --- Now or never. <cite>shironinja posted [p:980332981] in How many l... [t:80766151]...</cite> <quote>type beat </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Trumble 05/10/24 4:49:49 PM #37:	sfcalimari posted... British sign language? 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. Because they're actual independent languages with relatively little in common with English. All of them were developed / evolved independently. --- I fought the Trumble and the Trumble won. <cite>Trumble posted [p:980335513] in How many l... [t:80766151]...</cite> <quote>sfcalimari posted... </cite><quote>British sign language?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.</quote>Because they're actual independent languages with relatively little in common with English. All of them were developed / evolved independently. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
kirbymuncher 05/11/24 10:16:55 AM #38:	wackyteen posted... 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 --- THIS IS WHAT I HATE A BOUT EVREY WEBSITE!! THERES SO MUCH PEOPLE READING AND POSTING STUIPED STUFF <cite>kirbymuncher posted [p:980344884] in How many l... [t:80766151]...</cite> <quote>wackyteen posted... </cite><quote>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.</quote>yeah this is sort of where I'm leaning towards too, unless there's some crazy global widespread community fracturing that happens </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Whiterun_Guard_ 05/11/24 10:17:48 AM #39:	There will be a common language based heavily on English. --- No lollygaggin'. <cite>Whiterun_Guard_ posted [p:980344894] in How many l... [t:80766151]...</cite> <quote>There will be a common language based heavily on English. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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