More than half of the world's languages are spoken by fewer than ten-thousand people. That means as many as 90 to 95 percent of the languages could be headed toward extinction in the next century. The languages which dominate are used in the media, and to make money.
People often choose to let go of their language in favor of assimilation.
C. Linguistic Chauvinism Idea that some languages or dialects are better or should be preferred over others. Attributes shared by natural human languages that distinguish them from animal communication and artificial languages. Openness New linguistic messages can be coined freely and easily. Language is made up of elements. Meaning derives from combinations of elements not by variation of the elements.