Languages around the world are important to make connections and communicate with other people. Some current languages today around the world can be altered in the future, can be created to benefit a society, and can influence on cultures as to how people will see the world. How these things happen will be explained as follows.
According to McWhorter’s (2015) article, he believes that within time, the linguistic world will be different than what it is today. He states that the current 6000 spoken languages around the world will be reduced to just 600 by 2115. English remains the popular language in the world and it is believed that it will continue to be an international language in a century; However, people do fear that English will dominate the world in the future and replace current languages, but that is not the case. A reason for this is that children are being taught distinct languages that are native and cannot be restored. Another reason is due …show more content…
If the Spanglish language gets established in the U.S, it can be that a new culture will form based on the mixture of both the American and Mexican cultures. People usually rely on their geographical language to make representations of things. Differences in languages tend to have consequences on how people comprehend events, like how they will blame or punish others. Basically, knowing another language will make people think differently, shaping their thoughts. The components in languages help people form reality and make communication possible. It also helps people build on knowledge, like developing ideas for innovation that can impact a culture. Language tends to reflect cultural beliefs and values that influences thoughts on people. This means that if a Spanglish culture gets established in the U.S, it would change many people’s way of thinking about how they see the
According to McWhorter’s (2015) article, he believes that within time, the linguistic world will be different than what it is today. He states that the current 6000 spoken languages around the world will be reduced to just 600 by 2115. English remains the popular language in the world and it is believed that it will continue to be an international language in a century; However, people do fear that English will dominate the world in the future and replace current languages, but that is not the case. A reason for this is that children are being taught distinct languages that are native and cannot be restored. Another reason is due …show more content…
If the Spanglish language gets established in the U.S, it can be that a new culture will form based on the mixture of both the American and Mexican cultures. People usually rely on their geographical language to make representations of things. Differences in languages tend to have consequences on how people comprehend events, like how they will blame or punish others. Basically, knowing another language will make people think differently, shaping their thoughts. The components in languages help people form reality and make communication possible. It also helps people build on knowledge, like developing ideas for innovation that can impact a culture. Language tends to reflect cultural beliefs and values that influences thoughts on people. This means that if a Spanglish culture gets established in the U.S, it would change many people’s way of thinking about how they see the