Every year several languages die out. Some people think that this is not important because life will be easier if there are fewer languages in the world. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

There
are
Suggestion
is
some languages
extincted
no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives
extinct
every year due to various reasons, but those are
minority
languages.A group of people believes that extinction of
minority
languages is not a serious problem since it is easier for them to communicate with other nations if exist only the common languages in the world.
Although
, there are some benefits of having fewer languages, I believe disappearing of languages are really impacted to the different cultures and communities in the world. Nowadays, most of the people are trying to be westernized because business interactions and other communications are
happened
Suggestion
happening
by using the international languages
such
as English, French, German and so forth.
Furthermore
, the majority of the people use these international languages to converse with others.
In addition
, most of the subjects in higher studies use the medium as English in several countries. In
consequently
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consequence
, those people do not see the value of
minority
languages.
However
, having the several languages represent the diversity and identity of the community.
For instance
, many legends and historical documents were written by using languages that are not common to all. If languages are
extincted
no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives
extinct
, no one will be able to read those valuable historical documents.
Therefore
, it is clear that languages represent the uniqueness of the society and community and disappearing of languages is impacted to our traditions and norms. To conclude, the diversity of the languages represents the civilization and die out of the languages are damaged the uniqueness of the community.
Therefore
, it's our responsibility to protect those
minority
languages.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Linguistic diversity
  • Cultural heritage
  • Language extinction
  • Communication barrier
  • Linguistic imperialism
  • Endangered languages
  • Language revitalization
  • Monolingual
  • Multilingual
  • Language preservation
  • Homogenization
  • Language policy
  • Cultural assimilation
  • Intangible heritage
  • Indigenous languages
  • Globalization
  • Dialects
  • Localization
  • Language documentation
  • Digital archiving
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