Comments on: Will 90% of the world’s languages cease to exist? http://transpanish.biz/translation_blog/will-90-of-the-worlds-languages-cease-to-exist/ Translation Industry, Tips for Translators, Languages, Latinos, Global Markets Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:26:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Chris Hemmings http://transpanish.biz/translation_blog/will-90-of-the-worlds-languages-cease-to-exist/comment-page-1/#comment-2084 Chris Hemmings Sun, 23 Jan 2011 15:47:10 +0000 http://transpanish.biz/translation_blog/will-90-of-the-worlds-languages-cease-to-exist/#comment-2084 i think that languages are just like animals in real life - they either learn to adapt or they die off. if a language ends up going away, it was probably inevitable. it just wasn't powerful enough on the world stage. i think that languages are just like animals in real life – they either learn to adapt or they die off. if a language ends up going away, it was probably inevitable. it just wasn’t powerful enough on the world stage.

]]> By: Bill Chapman http://transpanish.biz/translation_blog/will-90-of-the-worlds-languages-cease-to-exist/comment-page-1/#comment-1097 Bill Chapman Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:18:56 +0000 http://transpanish.biz/translation_blog/will-90-of-the-worlds-languages-cease-to-exist/#comment-1097 I'm sure that Esperanto has a role to play in safeguarding smaller tongues. If Esperanto were used more widely as an international auxiliary language,then the speaker of the smaller tongue would be on a level playing field, and not disadvantaged by using anyone's mother tongue. Take a look at http://www.lernu.net Esperanto works! I’ve used it in speech and writing - and sung in it - in about fifteen countries over recent years. I’m sure that Esperanto has a role to play in safeguarding smaller tongues. If Esperanto were used more widely as an international auxiliary language,then the speaker of the smaller tongue would be on a level playing field, and not disadvantaged by using anyone’s mother tongue.

Take a look at http://www.lernu.net
Esperanto works! I’ve used it in speech and writing – and sung in it – in about fifteen countries over recent years.

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