> huge social cost of having your own minority language. Scandinavians are some of the most successful societies, despite of small languages. Languages have cu

> huge social cost of having your own minority language. Scandinavians are some of the most successful societies, despite of small languages. Languages have cultural baggage to them; every time I hear English, I see high inequality, poor worker rights, obsession with money, yet excellence in science and higher education. No one wants to abandon their own and assume English identity.