[Foundation-l] Klassical Chinese

[geni]

2008/9/7 Delirium <delirium at hackish.org>:
> Nikola Smolenski wrote:
>> On Friday 05 September 2008 19:34:05 geni wrote:
>>> Okey lets take a real world example then. Which is going to take less
>>> resources translating 2.5 million articles into the Fayu language or
>>> teaching what's left of the Fayu English? Which is going to create
>>> longer term benefits. Providing the Fayu with wikipedia in Fayu or a
>>> teaching them to speak English which will allow them to access a
>>> broader range of sources and knowledge.
>>
>> Without knowing Fayu, the Fayu would no longer be Fayu, and so the value of
>> knowledge to the Fayu would be exactly zero.
>
> But the value of knowledge to the individuals in question would still be
> quite high.
>
> In any case, this is mostly comparing incomparables: there is no
> objectively correct answer as to the relative merits of focusing on
> language preservation versus focusing on allowing people to acquire more
> information through learning second languages.
>
> -Mark

Totally bi-lingal situations are not long term stable.

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geni