Language Death
In a society, there are many ways to preserve one's culture. One of the ways is through a spoken language. However, over the course of time, many languages that were once spoken, have gone extinct and with it, important pieces and or entire cultures have been lost to us. It has been predicted that by the year 2100 over 90% of the languages that are spoken in the world will disappear. But how does a language become extinct? One of the common ways is that the sole survivor of the language dies, but this is not the only way language death can occur. Another way a language can be lost by being bilingual. This happens when areas that were native languages become overwhelmed by the other language that is being used. A prime example of this is the spread of the English language. English is becoming a dominant language around the world that it is causing certain places to stop using their native language and making them use in English public place. Over time people start to let go of the ...