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| chipile Diglot Newbie United Kingdom Joined 6584 days ago 21 posts - 24 votes Speaks: English*, Swedish Studies: French | Message 17 of 49 25 May 2009 at 11:09pm | IP Logged | ||
I agree with both of your statements. I am a big fan of the Celtic languages. Although I probably shouldn't say this because I am Scottish, I LOVE the sound of Welsh. It seems a lot softer than Irish and Scottish Gaelic. Definitely with you on the English thing. I feel like it is more of a curse than a blessing. Well, for those of us who are interested in learning other languages in any case. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Louis Triglot Groupie Italy Joined 5732 days ago 92 posts - 110 votes  Speaks: English*, Italian, Spanish | Message 18 of 49 25 May 2009 at 11:29pm | IP Logged | ||
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Prior to January of 2009, I would've said that Native American languages need to be revived a bit. Sure, they're immensely difficult, but not impossible. Since then, I've been taking part in a community organization dedicated to reviving Wampanoag, which is a Native American language spoken/formerly spoken in my area (Boston). I can't say Native American children should be forced to learn the language of the ancestors, but it is one of my language fantasies for Native Americans to show more enthusiasm in learning the language of their tribe.
Now, my ultimate language fantasy? Addressing Arabic diglossia! I just wish I wouldn't have to learn two languages if I were to undertake Arabic. :( 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 6153 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian | Message 19 of 49 26 May 2009 at 4:51pm | IP Logged | ||
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Very interesting question. I like Iversens "What if" scenarios on the history of language development. What if Constantine never converted to Christianity? Would we still have the dominance of both the Cyrillic and Latin alphabets, or would a different script dominate ?
My language fantasy would be the discovery of the lost works of the library of Alexandria, and the many texts that we've subsequently lost. Or the discovery of stray signals in the depths of outer space signifying intelligence. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| eoinda Tetraglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 5950 days ago 101 posts - 113 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English, Spanish, Mandarin Studies: French | Message 20 of 49 26 May 2009 at 5:14pm | IP Logged | ||
It would be more interesting with Norwegian and Swedish, Portuguese and Spanish or Afrikaans and Dutch or other closely related but different languages. That would make a show :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| grwn Groupie Netherlands Joined 5851 days ago 79 posts - 80 votes Speaks: Dutch* | Message 21 of 49 26 May 2009 at 5:26pm | IP Logged | ||
This, no doubt whatsoever! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Luso Hexaglot Senior Member Portugal Joined 6063 days ago 819 posts - 1812 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, French, EnglishC2, GermanB1, Italian, Spanish Studies: Sanskrit, Arabic (classical) | Message 22 of 49 26 May 2009 at 6:22pm | IP Logged | ||
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I once read a book that fantasized the discovery of a group of Romans lost in Central Africa. The idea was that they were the descendants of a discovery party sent by an Emperor, who got lost and eventually settled down there.
Another story described the discovery of a community of Russians living in Alaska, to where they would have gone in exile during the seventeenth or eighteenth century. So, it would be interesting to discover a "lost" group of people (I know this is not a new idea, far from it) living in some remote area. Of course, this all made (some) sense up to 50 years ago; now, it's just that: a fantasy. Edited by Luso on 26 May 2009 at 6:23pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| William Camden Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6274 days ago 1936 posts - 2333 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, French | Message 23 of 49 26 May 2009 at 7:23pm | IP Logged | ||
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Being able to download a foreign language and use it, in the way that Neo in The Matrix downloads the ability to fly a helicopter, use kung fu etc.
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| SamD Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 6661 days ago 823 posts - 987 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Portuguese, Norwegian | Message 24 of 49 26 May 2009 at 8:23pm | IP Logged | ||
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Here's a linguistic fantasy: instead of "only" six thousand or so languages in the world, about a hundred thousand.
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