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> It should be similar with languages That is an assumption. In this day and age of globalism, multiculturalism and fast technology advancement the measurement

by tored 5y ago

> It should be similar with languages That is an assumption. In this day and age of globalism, multiculturalism and fast technology advancement the measurement of geographically distance for creating a split can paradoxically be an inverse. Two groups of people can live next to each other geographically but have hard time understanding each other and not only that both can be uninterested in changing that. What this means is that you can live geographically at one point and share nothing with those around you but communicate to galaxies far away far away with people you do.

azangru 5y ago
> Two groups of people can live next to each other geographically but have hard time understanding each other and not only that both can be uninterested in changing that. Isn't this description also an assumption? Do you have an example of this? Groups of people who have the same language, but have hard time understanding each other? The closest I can think of is dialects, e.g. regional dialects of British English or British English as opposed to Australian English or South African English, or Australian English; but again, they are mutually comprehensible, and the more cultural exchange happens between these communities the more comprehensible they should be.
- tored 5y ago
  You can see the beginning of new languages evolving with the the mix of multiculturalism, taking words and expressions from their old languages and adding to the new language where they live. And because the majority does not have these words and expressions, and probably never will, eventually they will diverge. Yiddish is a example of this.
- zepto 5y ago
  > Isn't this description also an assumption? Do you have an example of this? Groups of people who have the same language, but have hard time understanding each other? There are two obscure tribes found in a remote part of the North American continent in which this phenomenon can be observed. I believe one calls itself ‘the Democrats’ and the other ‘the Republicans’.

by tored 5y ago

azangru 5y ago

> Two groups of people can live next to each other geographically but have hard time understanding each other and not only that both can be uninterested in changing that. Isn't this description also an assumption? Do you have an example of this? Groups of people who have the same language, but have hard time understanding each other? The closest I can think of is dialects, e.g. regional dialects of British English or British English as opposed to Australian English or South African English, or Australian English; but again, they are mutually comprehensible, and the more cultural exchange happens between these communities the more comprehensible they should be.

tored 5y ago
You can see the beginning of new languages evolving with the the mix of multiculturalism, taking words and expressions from their old languages and adding to the new language where they live. And because the majority does not have these words and expressions, and probably never will, eventually they will diverge. Yiddish is a example of this.
zepto 5y ago
> Isn't this description also an assumption? Do you have an example of this? Groups of people who have the same language, but have hard time understanding each other? There are two obscure tribes found in a remote part of the North American continent in which this phenomenon can be observed. I believe one calls itself ‘the Democrats’ and the other ‘the Republicans’.