CE Home
Navigation
Go Back   CrazyEngineers Forum > CE : General Discussions > Debate Masterminds
Notices


Advertisements
Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes

  #1 (permalink)
Old 23rd November 2008, 12:29 AM
CE - Newbie
 
Join Date: 23rd November 2008
Posts: 3
Default Every year many language dies out.

Every year many language dies out. Some people think it is not important that life will be easier if few language in the world. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Show your own evidence and experiences.
ringron is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote

  #2 (permalink)
Old 23rd November 2008, 04:04 PM
CE - Ambassador
 
sauravgoswami's Avatar
 
Join Date: 26th February 2008
Location: India
I'm a Crazy Electronics Engineer
Posts: 669
Send a message via Yahoo to sauravgoswami
Default Re: Every year many language dies out.

I disagree,i can speak 4 languages fluently,i still speak my mother tongue at home,but its not the case with others,most indian are adopting english as their mother tongue,you should use languages when needed,i do and m very successfull in it,few languages wont do any good,it will be death of individuality
__________________
Be HaPpY !!!! U can GET me @ saurav@crazyengineers.com
sauravgoswami is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote
  #3 (permalink)
Old 23rd November 2008, 08:30 PM
CE - Maniac
 
Join Date: 5th March 2008
Location: Va
I'm a Crazy mechanical Engineer
Posts: 687
Default Re: Every year many language dies out.

It is a condition of advancement of modern society and no real way to avoid it. The most that one can do is record and study the language for historical study so it may not become forgotten. It is sad that some languages have completely died out within the culture that still exists with no record. This has happened to many indigenous groups around the globe.
__________________
"Now Nortons and Indians and Greeves won't do,
Ah, they don't have a soul like a Vincent '52"- Richard Thompson
"if you look for the bad in mankind, expecting to find it, you surely will."-Abraham Lincoln
gohm is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote
  #4 (permalink)
Old 24th November 2008, 03:01 PM
CE - Ambassador
 
Join Date: 19th July 2008
Location: @ my desk
I'm a Crazy Mechanical Engineer
Posts: 280
Default Re: Every year many language dies out.

Yes, its true that a good number of languages are dying every year and I'm really worried about that ! As said by "sauravgoswami" we will lose individuality. Today we are opting for speaking same language tomorrow we may opt for looking identical. Whats this ???

And in country like India many parents are opting "English Medium" schools for their children. Its true that English is a language of technology, language of business and language of glob, etc. But it can be taught as a subject ! Why medium ??? I mean whats the purpose of studying our history in other people's language ???

An incident happened with me, wherein I was asked to write my name in Hindi by a lady who studied in English Medium (I guess so). I asked if she means Devanagari, to which she replied she doesn't know what is Devanagri. PS: She is a graduate and works for a MNC.
__________________
--Differential
http://blogofdifferential.wordpress.com/
Differential is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Facebook Getting Serious About Classifieds; May Relaunch This Year CE-InFocus CE - InFocus 0 22nd November 2008 05:30 PM
Want A Free Pass To All TechCrunch Events For A Year? Fund A DonorsChoose Classroom CE-InFocus CE - InFocus 0 2nd October 2008 04:12 AM
My new year resolutions !! suyash Blogs 10 5th April 2008 03:26 PM
scripting language sai krishna Computer Science & IT Engineering 2 7th December 2007 05:32 PM
New Year Greetings! The_Big_K Announcements/Articles Discussions 1 2nd January 2006 09:13 PM


All times are GMT +5.5. The time now is 11:30 AM.
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2009, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.2.0
Member comments are owned by the poster. Copyright © 2005-2008 CrazyEngineers.com. All rights reserved.

Advertisements