well. i think many people prefer to return to the previous criteria, instead to continue with the current. and i said, in culture diffusion is more important a well known writing tradition than only speakers. historical examples: ancient greek in byzantine empire, latin in western european countries during middle age, sanskrit in post-classical india, etc. all those languages were extint in those eras. it is time to discuse the policy that only satisfy langcom and nobody else. c.l.