On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 10:44:06 +0200, *~* Magda *~*
wrote:
>On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 20:39:44 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Dave Frightens Me
> arranged some electrons, so they looked like
>this:
>
> ... On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 17:45:53 +0200, Mxsmanic
> ... wrote:
> ...
> ... >Corgi bit me 'nads writes:
> ... >
> ... >> In Africa, 80% of oral dialects are in danger of dying out
> ... >>
> ... >> More than half of the 6000 languages spoken in the world today may
> ... >> disappear by the end of the century, the UN cultural organisation
> ... >> Unesco said on the occasion of International Mother Language Day.
> ... >
> ... >So?
> ...
> ... I'll join Mixi at this point to say who really cares.
>
>Not the devil-may-cares...
I just can't see the point in trying to preserve numerous under-used
dialects.
The dialect here in Genova is still alive, although no young (under
50) people can speak it without mixing in Italian. It doesn't seem to
have been a great tragedy.
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