Comments on: 90% Of World’s Languages Extinct In 41 Years

By: Fike2308

Fike2308 — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:52:02 +0000

As long as English, Chinese and Spanish are around I’ll be ok.

By: pete

pete — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:42:59 +0000

i think it’s important to keep as many languages alive as possible. all languages can be used to communicate basic ideas like “please pass me the sugar” but every culture has their own way of talking about the more abstract concepts such as the spirit, god, love etc. English is my first language and i find it frustrating when trying to express my ideas about the eternal force that gives everything life and end up settling for “god”. my point is i think english is a great language because it already borrows words from many other languages but i don’t think it is comprehensive enough to ignore the possibility of learning from other languages.

By: Le lingue del mondo: ogni due settimane ne muore una

Le lingue del mondo: ogni due settimane ne muore una — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 22:11:13 +0000

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By: VelcroGirlJ

VelcroGirlJ — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:06:21 +0000

Stand corrected. If the elimination of language be predicted, we can try to prevent.

By: monpeTiTeshoe

monpeTiTeshoe — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:39:11 +0000

What you think I need velcro?

By: monpetieshoe

monpetieshoe — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:34:47 +0000

It be time to master art of chess board before it too late J say!

If it be predicted, it should be preventable.

By: GAC

GAC — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 05:38:23 +0000

“chinese characters are NOT pictograms.

Really? That’s not what I’ve learned in my last 6 years of study. Ever looked into the traditional characters and their origin? I guess not”

Perhaps you’re thinking a different definition of pictogram. The technical definition is “a pictorial representation of an object.” (from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pictogram). Certain radicals and characters have pictographic origins/elements, but if you think they are entirely pictographic, your Chinese teacher apparently didn’t teach much about character composition. Most characters contain phonetic elements (approximate to be sure, and some of them obscured by thousands of years of langauge change), and each one represents a mono-syllabic word or morpheme rather than directly symbolizing an object or concept, so no, they are not pictograms, they are definitely logograms, “a grapheme which represents a word or a morpheme (the smallest meaningful unit of language)” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logogram).

By: Jfemmefatale

Jfemmefatale — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 05:24:26 +0000

I not take back a word, fuckher.

By: GAC

GAC — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 02:25:07 +0000

@Jesse

Ahm …. OK

Very poetic. Very nice feelings. Lots of incredible misunderstandings and misinterpretations.

Sorry, it was bugging me, had to say it.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 06:12:55 +0000

AI, I, hand in hand
making our own footprints
in the sand

I created this poem to reveal the beauty of the Chinese language.
The pronunciation of AI translates love.
I is the Chinese symbol for work.

The Chinese people enjoy working hard. America’s famous poem “Footprints in the Sand,” talks of god (though invisible) placing his footprints in the sand.
Yet through loving hardwork (as the Chinese do) we can become as god’s.

We cannot allow for language to become lost if we want to learn the cultureal implications of connecting the languages. Losing language is destroying a part of history!

I think it’s time America learn the beauty of the Chinese language!

As A Woman who stands! HA!HA!