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Bêthberry · 01-17-2010, 01:32 PM

Will have to come back to read davem's link, but I'm sure there's one question about cultural diversity that Tolkien would have been interested in: that of the disappearance of linguistic diversity.

Interesting study here which claims that in our liftime half of the languages now spoken on earth with disappear: The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World.

01-17-2010, 01:32 PM	#4
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	Will have to come back to read davem's link, but I'm sure there's one question about cultural diversity that Tolkien would have been interested in: that of the disappearance of linguistic diversity. Interesting study here which claims that in our liftime half of the languages now spoken on earth with disappear: The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World. __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.