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Devac · 72 days ago · link · · parent · post: [From 2010] Last speaker of ancient language of Bo dies in India
Ancient post is ancient. I've been flip-flopping on this whole issue of language extinction and preservation, and it's really hard to leave the "if it's so culturally important, how come nobody cared to use it to communicate culture?" position by some point. Maybe this will prompt discussion, maybe I'll get lynched. Let's roll. I agree with you, spirit of the Talk Like a Yoda Day's past, but few people of ability could ever take 11 years to write something, averaging out 40 syllables per week under a lucrative patronage.Language isn't anywhere near as much of an art form as it once was, and in my opinion, that is a shame.