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> If tomorrow, everyone spoke the same language (ignore which one it was), society would be better off.

It wouldn't last. Within years it would devolve into various creoles and with centuries; almost entirely different languages. Language is not merely functional but cultural and has purpose outside of meaning (e.g. identity).



This only serves to backup my point that culture preservation for no meaningful goal is highly dangerous.

Language-as-identity as a way of separating people has no meaningful use case that is positive for society.




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