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Sometimes It’s O.K. to Let a Language Die (archive.ph)
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The idea that we have a special duty to prevent the death of languages is instantly compelling to anyone who loves languages; it has a good deal in common with that other conservationist instinct directed at giant pandas and polar bears. The essential argument runs something like this: language death is very bad, and therefore we must do everything we can to prevent it. But does that conclusion follow? And is the premise true?

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[–] [S] 6 points 3 months ago

here's an interesting--but also extremely poorly argued--article for you from the New Yorker about language preservation and whether that's an unconditionally good thing

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