Every civilization begins to die when its vocabulary begins to shrink.

[william]

Language is where culture begins. Every forgotten word takes a piece of history, philosophy, beauty, and human experience with it. When people can no longer understand the language of Homer, Shakespeare, Dante, or Dostoevsky without constant translation, they slowly lose access to the ideas that shaped their civilization.

A civilization that loses its language soon forgets how to think, remember, and preserve what made it worth inheriting.

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[teekay99]

Fo shizzle....

Language evolves over time, so arguably culture evolves with it.

Latin is an archaic language but countries that speak the Romance languages are a direct spinoff. Those countries retain strong cultural heritages.

Earlier forms of English are almost unrecognizable. Yet we're still here. Sure perhaps some things are lost in translation. But we have retained the capacity to think critically, remember, and preserve what is important to us despite not knowing earlier forms of English.

Blind reliance on AI might be a bigger threat to culture, thinking, and remembrance than the evolution of language.

 

[teekay99]

Though the evolution of language does make for some funny moments.

There was a time when the letter S in English was represented with an "f". Here is a scene from The Vicar of Dibley illustrating the fun of remembering it...

 

[william]

Fo shizzle....

Language evolves over time, so arguably culture evolves with it.

Latin is an archaic language but countries that speak the Romance languages are a direct spinoff. Those countries retain strong cultural heritages.

Earlier forms of English are almost unrecognizable. Yet we're still here. Sure perhaps some things are lost in translation. But we have retained the capacity to think critically, remember, and preserve what is important to us despite not knowing earlier forms of English.

I'm not so sure about this.

Blind reliance on AI might be a bigger threat to culture, thinking, and remembrance than the evolution of language.

I agree with this.