Essay On Dying Languages

Imagine a world where everyone had a common language they could speak to each other with. Imagine a word where hate crimes could be easily avoided by simply speaking the same language. Imagine conflicts that could have been avoided if we had similar ways of looking at the world. While dying languages are a good source of history, we should not save dying languages they build a barrier between us and would eventually be a waste of time. The foremost function of languages is to communicate ideas. Preservation of the languages it an art form for certain people but should not be required. We live in an age where the interconnection of people in groups and culture is just beginning, why set ourselves backwards and use this as a barrier. How about instead we look to grow together and learn the same language so that people that may never have been able to communicate with others now, have the …show more content…
The foremost purpose of a language is to communicate with other people why should we be saving languages. Languages, culture, and skin color are the main forms of barriers used to exclude people. So why not find a common ground and see past the barrier. The advantage with people speaking the same language is that we can all communicate and do what languages were originally meant to be. “After all, language diversity correlates with poverty” (Rabiz Khan). Overtime languages were made from the ground up or just combining things from a couple languages to make it easier and faster, now what is easier and faster about learning new dying languages to ever use them? Now it is a benefit to be bilingual, just with popular languages not dying languages. Being bilingual can actually help you become smarter and gives you a lot more job opportunities. However, saving dying languages and being bilingual are two completely different things. If you want to be bilingual with dying languages great, but it should not be a forced