There are 6528 living languages in the world today

Many of them are in serious danger of disappearing

Some fear 3000+ might be lost in a matter of few years.






Meanwhile, I will be handing you some links as I freely speak my mind, out come linguistic and metalinguistic concepts with mercy for no-one. The issues we will be discussing will have a lot to do with all the ways we could use to analize the heading of this very site. Before starting, I announce that a letter will be sent to Mr. Aznar to finally make him realize that those he refers to as "linguistic ghetto" can so much kick his ass in terms of ranking in cultural evolution


Perdurability, that is survival of the language I am writing in, is a subject which seems to worry everybody. In this page I will gradually hang, basically (it would be so futile to hide it), what I deem appropriate. I should say, though, that others' opinions will see untouched the due respect upon them. I want to start mapping an overview with a gist of truth about the living language, call it as you may wish, which I want to promote, to end up legitimately suffocating any ideologicoid impositive intention conceived to per a subjugar gent, menystenir-la o senzillament enganyar-la...


Normes ling��stiques, com abordar-les? �s dif�cil trobar una sortida desitjable a la dicotomia omniplanant de viure en i per les normes o quedar excl�s per elles i ignorar-les per complet, ningunejar-les. Opino que �s important parlar b� en la mesura que aquest fet sigui determinant en obe�ment a voluntats procomunicatives, i en tant que de la nostra eul�xia depenguin percepcions i judicis envers la nostra persona (per altra banda inevitables), tot fent remissi� al principi que canta que "qui parla b�, pensa b�".


Vagi valent tot plegat com a la part ling��stica del programa del P.O.R.C.


Tots els suggeriments s�n m�s que benvinguts


Les lleng�es de l'heptamestre: R�s, �rab, �uscar... qu� te'n sembla? N'afegiries m�s?


Vols protocompartir altres interessos?



The top-10 most widely-spoken languages in the world


LanguageAppr. number
of speakers
 1. Mandarin Chinese1.075 millions
 2. English514 millions
 3. Hindi496 millions
 4. Spanish425 millions
 5. Russian275 millions
 6. Arab256 millions
 7. Bengali215 millions
 8. Portuguese194 millions
 9. Indonesian176 millions
10. French129 millions



















Language, sf That which is spoken, the way it is spoken, per qu� es parla. Resposta a com es veu el m�n; viva, �nica i fugissera, per� amb �nsies de perdurar. hist. Sorgida dins el m�n animal, com a mitj� organitzatiu i agrupatiu amb objectius marcadament supervivencials, ha anat desenvolupant una complexitat i diversitat d'�mbits d'�s que ha perm�s de desnaturalitzar-ne tots els aspectes tret de l'ac�stic.

Listen to Radio Gelida

Drop see Mr. Moore

Learn and read about Eduardo Mendoza

Check the rate at which Arab and English (but not only) speakers are diminishing day by day

Private Eye rules, man


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