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Why are there so many languages?
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November 7th, 2013
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Here’s an article exploring complexity within different groups of languages.
Why are there different languages? One possibility is that different languages exist purely because of drift – that is, random changes. But another possibility is that different languages are, to some degree, adaptations to different environments. Just as the reason why different birds, say, have different beaks is not simply because they’ve drifted apart but because the beaks are adaptations to different niches. What do you think? Why is it that humans don’t all speak the same language?
We have to have some linguists here.
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