鳳凰院 凶真 (Hououin Kyouma) [alt: 黃家駒 (Wong Ka Kui)]@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 17 hours agoAssuming humanity last another few hundred years; How many human languages do you think are gonna be left in 100 years? In 200 years?message-squaremessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down13
arrow-up157arrow-down1message-squareAssuming humanity last another few hundred years; How many human languages do you think are gonna be left in 100 years? In 200 years?鳳凰院 凶真 (Hououin Kyouma) [alt: 黃家駒 (Wong Ka Kui)]@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 17 hours agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-squaregmtom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 hours agoI think people are over estimating how long 100 years is. No languages that are currently spoken by more than a couple thousand people are going to go extinct that quickly. Remember 100 years is in the upper end of a human life span.
I think people are over estimating how long 100 years is.
No languages that are currently spoken by more than a couple thousand people are going to go extinct that quickly.
Remember 100 years is in the upper end of a human life span.