I'm just after finding David Mitchell's soapbox series in the Guardian. They are quite fascinating really. Here he is, once again speaking about language, but this time it's to do with the rights and wrongs of preserving ancient languages.
He makes some excellent points. Cornish flatlined on the table with a pretty big DNR over it's head. Scot's Gaelic isn't looking all that healthy either. One must also remember that with a population of over 60 million, these really are tiny languages within the great British scheme of things. Should taxpayers' money be pumped into minority languages? Or is the death of a language merely a case of natural selection?
Irish take heed. You could be next.
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