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Comment on What language you speak ? by wakhidatik

wakhidatik — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 11:29:08 +0000

generally, i agree with you.
Yes, English is the international language. Thus, i have to learn English if i wanna go abroad.
I live in indonesia and using indonesian language (bahasa indonesia). Several indonesian words has been replaced by english words in our informal communication (and sometimes in the formal one).
I am indonesian, and javanese (for more specific). FYI, javanese has its own language and character (letter). The bad news is that many javanese nowadays cannot write in javanese character.

anyway, nice post.

Comment on What language you speak ? by Will Dwinnell

Will Dwinnell — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:46:32 +0000

There are, as you note, tremendous efficiencies in using a single language.

I suppose it is worth noting that English itself is mostly spoken by people who, ethnically speaking, are not “native English speakers”. For example, English has almost completely replace Gaelic in Ireland.

It’s probably also worth noting that English itself is full of “borrowed” words. Even ignoring the modern influx of vocabulary from Spanish, Japanese, etc., English has for a long time include large helpings of Greek, Latin and French. Really, the old AngloSaxon is a long-buried component of the English lexicon. I speculate that any language which would be as successful as English over an extended period of time, would necessarily accumulate words this way.

Comment on What language you speak ? by Mayur

Mayur — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:28:53 +0000

Nice one. I think you haven’t updated your blog for long time. Looking forward to the new entry.

Comment on What language you speak ? by Pedro

Pedro — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 02:45:14 +0000

96% of people on earth speak just 4% of the existing languages!!!!!!! I am a portuguese and guarani (pre-colombiam american language) speaker, and in Brazil, I have seen lots of indigenous languages disappearing… It’s really sad…

Comment on Group Discussions that I attended by The Big K

The Big K — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 06:50:04 +0000

Nice post. Nice blog theme too!

Comment on This is what Differential is ! by pritam

pritam — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:01:21 +0000

hi , myself btech final year student (mechanical engg.) want to know on which topic should i make my final year project.