http://www.diatribune.com/death-moderization Comments for "death by moderization" en http://www.diatribune.com/death-moderization <p>According to <a href="http://www.nationalgeographic.com/mission/enduringvoices/">National Geographic</a>, "Every 14 days a language dies. By the year 2100, over half of the more than 7,000 languages spoken on Earth — many of them never yet recorded — will likely disappear, taking with them a wealth of knowledge about history, culture, the natural environment, and how the human brain works." </p> <p>It has always been my opinion that language is free and language is fluid, but those two conditions cannot be met if a language dies. But why are languages dying? Both a difficult and nearly obvious answer exists. Earth is slowly developing into a single civilization. Traditional societies and languages are dying; disappearing and waves of rapid modernization aid in the erosion of tradition. The answer cannot be left at just that however, because there are many reasons, effects, and causes intertwined in the death of a language. </p> <p><a href="http://www.diatribune.com/death-moderization">read more</a></p> http://www.diatribune.com/death-moderization#comments culture Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:46:20 -0700 scoutbanana 2935 at http://www.diatribune.com