Nations

Should nations always protect their native languages?

For

Language is part of identity and culture.

Against

Forcing language can limit global communication.

Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.

For

  • Language is an inseparable part of a culture and loss of that language will inevitably alter that culture drastically.
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  • I feel language is identity
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Against

  • On the other hand, I feel that it’s natural for languages to change, branch off, die out, amass loan words from other languages, etc.
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  • most of them awkward in terms of creating new words no one actually uses or trying to force language learning onto people.
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