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By *LCC OP Couple
over a year ago
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The BBC is reporting on a language in Pakistan that only has 3 speakers left. Should this language be allowed to die, or should the government step in and force people to learn it?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43194056 |
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By *ilk_TreMan
over a year ago
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"The BBC is reporting on a language in Pakistan that only has 3 speakers left. Should this language be allowed to die, or should the government step in and force people to learn it?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43194056"
Yes, the government should force people to learn a foreign language. |
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By *ara JTV/TS
over a year ago
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I think there are about 7500 different languages in use around the world.
About 400 and odd in the UK.
Languages come and go, they morph into new languages.
The language spoken here 400 years ago would sound like a foreign language to us today, and the language we speak today probably will sound like a foreign language to our ancestors 400 years from now. |
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By *LCC OP Couple
over a year ago
Cambridge |
"Uk government isn't doing a great job of ensuring its citizens can speak English judging by many of the profiles on this site  "
I was referring to the Pakistan government, not the UK government. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Uk government isn't doing a great job of ensuring its citizens can speak English judging by many of the profiles on this site
I was referring to the Pakistan government, not the UK government. "
It was a JOKE  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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In Scotland the snp is trying to kid the Scottish people that gaellic was our national language.
Approximately 0.9 % of the population speak it.
Gaellic language belongs to the Gaels who are mostly western islanders and people living in the north of Scotland.
Well worth spending 26 million pounds just to try and convince Scottish people we are different from England.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Uk government isn't doing a great job of ensuring its citizens can speak English judging by many of the profiles on this site
I was referring to the Pakistan government, not the UK government. "
Encouraged, not forced. Any particular reason the people aren't usi g it? |
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By *LCC OP Couple
over a year ago
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"Uk government isn't doing a great job of ensuring its citizens can speak English judging by many of the profiles on this site
I was referring to the Pakistan government, not the UK government.
Encouraged, not forced. Any particular reason the people aren't usi g it? "
Migration and the fact it's looked down upon.
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It's probably not going to save it, with such low usage levels.
It would be good if sufficient records are kept, so that it can continue in a different way. It's sad to see such cultural heritage disappear |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"It's probably not going to save it, with such low usage levels.
It would be good if sufficient records are kept, so that it can continue in a different way. It's sad to see such cultural heritage disappear "
Difficult if no one wants to use it. Different if being forced not to. At least if tbe sooken word and written language is documented it'll have a chance to return if attitudes change. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The BBC is reporting on a language in Pakistan that only has 3 speakers left. Should this language be allowed to die, or should the government step in and force people to learn it?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43194056"
yep, let it die, if it was so popular it would be getting used, why flog a dead horse |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The BBC is reporting on a language in Pakistan that only has 3 speakers left. Should this language be allowed to die, or should the government step in and force people to learn it?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43194056"
Same thing applies to the original Cornish language, but the Gov't is doing bugger all. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The BBC is reporting on a language in Pakistan that only has 3 speakers left. Should this language be allowed to die, or should the government step in and force people to learn it?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43194056
Same thing applies to the original Cornish language, but the Gov't is doing bugger all."
Unfortunately i think the government has no interest in helping keep the language alive.Its odd that many are interested in the preservation of other cultures but are happy to see our cultural heritage wither and die.. |
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"Uk government isn't doing a great job of ensuring its citizens can speak English judging by many of the profiles on this site
I was referring to the Pakistan government, not the UK government.
Encouraged, not forced. Any particular reason the people aren't usi g it? "
Because it's not and never has been the language of Scotland. The actual historical language of most of the people in Scotland is a language sometimes known as Scots or even Scotch. It's an Anglo Saxon language very similar to English and has been spoken in Scotland, especially around the area of Edinburgh (which used to part of the Anglo Saxon kingdom of English Northumbria) since before the middle ages. |
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my hubby is cornish and there is a big push to bring back the language, all our signs are in english and cornish (we think complete waste of money, also welsh language although spoken by some is pretty well defunct. What is the point of a language where such a few people can speak it |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"my hubby is cornish and there is a big push to bring back the language, all our signs are in english and cornish (we think complete waste of money, also welsh language although spoken by some is pretty well defunct. What is the point of a language where such a few people can speak it"
We will all speak mandarin one day who needs English. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"my hubby is cornish and there is a big push to bring back the language, all our signs are in english and cornish (we think complete waste of money, also welsh language although spoken by some is pretty well defunct. What is the point of a language where such a few people can speak it"
If it's your mother tongue, you are passionate about it. It's heritage and it's something you want to pass on. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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considering 20% of the population siarad cymraeg and also considering that 25% of the population of cymru are inwardly migrated then the figures prove that mae'r Gymraeg yn bell o iaith farw |
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By *LCC OP Couple
over a year ago
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"my hubby is cornish and there is a big push to bring back the language, all our signs are in english and cornish (we think complete waste of money, also welsh language although spoken by some is pretty well defunct. What is the point of a language where such a few people can speak it
If it's your mother tongue, you are passionate about it. It's heritage and it's something you want to pass on. "
If that were the case, then languages wouldn't die out. Some people either don't want to pass the language on, or the kids aren't interested in learning it. |
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