Thursday, September 12, 2013

2095 Many of the world's languages are no longer in use


The accelerating pace of globalisation has seen the number of human languages decline from around 7,000 in the late 20th century, to less than a quarter of this figure now.

Many old sayings, customs and traditions are being abandoned or forgotten, as the world becomes an ever smaller and more interconnected place. Changing social and economic conditions have forced many parents to teach their children the lingua franca, rather than obscure local dialects, in order to give them a better future. This is especially true in Africa and Asia.
This broad homogenisation of culture has been further propagated by the stunning advances in technology which have swept the world. Many people in developed countries, for instance, are abandoning their native tongues altogether, instead relying on mind control interfaces for their everyday communications. The young especially are utilising this form of digital telepathy. Most teenagers in the 2090s spend almost their whole time interacting via electronic devices, rather than verbally speaking. The latter can be almost an inconvenience in some situations due to the longer time intervals in conversations.
Meanwhile, many tribes people and isolated communities have lost their homelands due to war, climate change, deforestation and changing land uses. This forced migration and assimilation into the wider world has led to many ancient and rural languages dying out.
English, Mandarin and Spanish remain the lingua franca of international business, science, technology and aviation.

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