Richard Meic on "JUST HALLO"
with Peter Frazer...
  >>> Y'know, I am thinking that the english language is drowning out all
  >>> other languages.  I am thinking that there may be a day, in the not so
  >>> near - not so far future, when other languages will become
  >>> non-existent. To me, that would be a shame, for some of the "colour"
  >>> and diversity will be gone from our species.
 PF>> I've noticed the increasing penetration of North American linguistic
 PF>> patterns over here. I wonder how many dialects of English will be left
 RM> Perhaps if humanity moves some of it's population off of Earth new
 RM> dialects may form and eventually turn into languages themselves.
Which has been the main basic mechanism for language evolution here on earth 
- isolation of groups.
    Relatif Tuinn
... "Look at all the Indians!" - G  Custer.
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