dead language
If people learn it, and people use it, it is by definition not a dead language.
This is some colonialist BS.
When people are way too smug about their wrong answer.
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dead language
If people learn it, and people use it, it is by definition not a dead language.
This is some colonialist BS.
Also, isn't Welsh the Celtic language with the most native speakers?
Also, over half a million Welsh speakers exist in Wales, accounting for roughly 20% of the population. It's hardly dead.
Well Latin is a dead language, people do learn and use it. But there is no new words, or evolution of the language.
"Dead language"
Dude it doesn't count if you're literally killing the language on purpose
Yup. Wish my Welsh grandfather could’ve lived to see this.
“Just seen”
“Just saw” is accepted shorthand for “I/we just saw…” “I have seen…” is acceptable if you’re saying that you’ve watched a movie 27 times.
Even substituting in “I just have seen” in the OP doesn’t make grammatical sense to me.
The guy should probably worry more about his own English than other people’s Welsh.
What culture would willingly lose its culture?
Makes no sense
Ah, but the Welsh clearly have no culture and must therefore kindly be uplifted by the English. Just like how Russia is currently trying to uplift Ukraine.
(And just to be sure: /s. Imperialism is bad, no matter what national brand.)
Proposal:
Force the English to learn Welsh and rename the English language to American
🇬🇧 English (Traditional)
🇺🇲 English (Simplified)
It's funny because it's backwards (verbally, spelling is it's own thing)