VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

Language extinction is so alarming that it has aroused / brought about / given life to a heated discussion. As for me, I doubt that our life will be simplified and beautified as some languages lose popularity.

Admittedly, various communication tools have inevitably posed a severe threat to a smooth and harmonious exchange among distinct countries where languages are differentiated. As a result, maybe misunderstanding or even conflict will ensue due to the lack of a thorough understanding of each other. However, resorting to depriving some languages of existence to solve that problem of communication is far from a perfect methodology.

As we know, language is the representative of a nation’ s particular culture, so the disappearance of the former will lead to a culture void. A language, no matter oral or written, is a definite carrier of civilization in all its glory, formed as a result of generations upon generations surviving and communicating their culture, hence certifying the substantial power of culture. How can we tolerate the extinction of language, or specifically of culture? Moreover, what culture signifies is the characteristic root of a nation and language dying out gradually means a rootless culture, so a nation will not be an entity in its true sense / the true sense of the word. Furthermore, if there are only a small number of languages in the world, how monotonous it would be. Each language is the embodiment of the essence of a race and people, which is absolutely distinctive from others.

It is the charismatic attraction of various languages that spices up the whole world and thus traveling to different places is the favorite past time of modern people. Let us imagine what will happen if several or only one language can be heard wherever we go. It would be terrible indeed.

From the above-mentioned discussion, it is conceded that language dying out is beneficial to our life to some extent yet I am convinced that the drawbacks of the phenomenon have overshadowed the advantages offered. It is not and will not be reasonable to sacrifice language to attain a smooth communication.