For humans, language is very natural and it changes as our needs change. I feel that there is nothing wrong with vocabulary becoming smaller or languages naturally dying out as they become useless as long as these changes were not forced by a government or organization. In 1984, obviously this was not the case as the government was removing words which did not suit their needs or which showed rebellion against their ideals. Richard Rodriguez was a child of a Spanish speaking family who, upon entering school, was forced to learn English. He is convinced that this was a good thing as it allowed him public individuality and let him integrate into society. If the world all spoke one language, yes culture might be lost but everyone would be able to communicate. As my mother tongue is one of the most used languages in the world, I don't feel that I can adequately comment on the extinction of languages.
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