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Today there are between 6,000 and 8,000 languages spoken in the world. It is difficult to say precisely how many. This is because it is inherently tricky to determine whether a spoken variety counts as a dialect or a language in its own right. [...] Nearly every week one of the world’s languages dies out. This happens when the last speaker of a language dies, or, more accurately, when the penultimate speaker dies..
— Feb 03, 2022 06:51AM
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...the change of pronunciation, over time, exhibited by the Queen is the consequence of the propagation of a particular lingueme that has become established as convention – had replacing hed. Ironically, the Queen is likely to have been influenced by younger members of her entourage who are leading the change in the Queen’s English.
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Today there are between 6,000 and 8,000 languages spoken in the world.3 It is difficult to say precisely how many. This is because it is inherently tricky to determine whether a spoken variety counts as a dialect or a language in its own right. [...] Nearly every week one of the world’s languages dies out. This happens when the last speaker of a language dies, or, more accurately, when the penultimate speaker dies
— Feb 03, 2022 06:50AM
