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Icelanders have both those things in their own language at a current population of 350,000, and have had it since before they were less than 250,000.
by avar 10y ago
Icelanders have both those things in their own language at a current population of 350,000, and have had it since before they were less than 250,000.
- notahacker 10y agoIceland has never consisted of 165000 people living in tents in a desert refugee camp who never had a single culture or dialect in the first place, and doesn't rely on dealing with foreign NGOs for things as basic as their water supply. As far as I'm aware, the indigenously-developed Icelandic curriculum also teaches native Icelanders to speak English to a good standard, which they rely on heavily when interacting with the outside world without consider having to do so a terrible colonialist imposition.
- ommunist 10y agoit did. in the 12th century. but self esteem of the bonds was so hogh, that they managed just ok.
- walrus01 10y agoThat is true, though I have met a number of Icelanders and they do any serious science in English. They also have the benefit of extensive educational and university exchanges with Denmark and Norway. And they're not a refugee population living in a desert without a functioning government.