Esteemed linguist John McWhorter has published an article on the coming century in language evolution. Working on the idea that 90% of the world’s 6,000 languages will not survive to be in use in 2109, Mr. McWhorter then tells us why that’s not such a bad thing for him.
The basis for his argument is that [...]
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World Affairs Article: Let Languages Die
Friday, January 8th, 2010Book Club Meeting #2
Saturday, December 19th, 2009Just in time for Christmas, I have found “On the Death and Life of Languages” by Claude Hagege is now available at my favorite bookstore and I must say that I am intrigued.
Here is a description from the publisher:
Twenty-five languages die each year; at this pace, half the world’s five thousand languages will disappear within [...]
Specialized Translation Agencies
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009I recently read an article about the new national certification given to medical interpreters of Spanish in the United States. I think this is actually quite important, especially for the people who are receiving medical services. Unfortunately, these people have a very low level of education.
In addition, they are looking to include languages besides Spanish [...]
The Importance of Language on Websites
Friday, November 13th, 2009As I was searching for something on the Internet, I came across a very interesting point that brings up a topic of great importance for us today.
“If I can’t read it, I’m not buying it”. This is something often heard from people who are trying to make purchases online.
A lot of companies have doubts and [...]
Language Statistics
Friday, August 21st, 2009• Quantity of living languages: 6912
• Quantity of language on the verge of extinction: 516
• Language with the largest quantity of native speakers: Mandarin Chinese
• Language spoken by the largest quantity of non-natives: English (250 million native speakers versus 350 million non-native speakers)
• Country where the largest variety of languages are spoken: Papua New Guinea [...]
