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[–] 8 points 11 months ago (1 child)

I mean, how many of the languages in 1925 exist today? What about 1825? That's your answer for the most part, that is to say: most of them save for endangered languages and successful genocides.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago

    Ah! But you're not accounting for radio, then television and now the internet. Mass communication is squashing languages and dialects and accents flat, while at the same time working for archival purposes.

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