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This seems to be what is happening in Europe (and perhaps more generally across the globe), with English being the common tongue. Question is, what will happen

• Cthulhu_ 3y ago
  It varies. A lot of local languages have gone extinct already. There's linguists hard at work to try and document / record dying languages, but it won't be the same as living the language from childhood.
• nemomarx 3y ago
  Historically, we've seen the larger languages build themselves up by intentionally stamping out the teaching / use of smaller local languages. France banned some regional languages from appearing on broadcast television for years, and etc. This might be required to get full buy in for a unified language, which is a bit sad but makes some sense - if you ensure it's taking up more and more of media and culture more people know it from immersion, and other languages are reduced to being spoken at home / with friends and that's going to cut into how many people really are fluent in them.