Marie Puddu

Thank you Lingua and Wanda. I look forward to keeping in touch with fellow learners! - MP

12 hours ago, anna3101 said:

I've come across this sad article in National Geographic:

http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2011/03/01/language_diversity_index_tracks_global_loss_of_mother_tongues/

It looks like the number of languages in the world is on a steady decline. I find that incredibly sad. Do you think this trend will stay and there will be even less languages in the future?

Good article. It discusses the decline of "mother tongue" languages in small groups of people because many people, since times are changing, are forced to adopt a dominant language (e.g. English). However, I don't think there will be less languages in the future. 

It took millions of years for humans to develop complex language and diversify into tons of dialects. If ever some languages decline, a new and different one will develop. 

Hi all, 

I truly enjoy learning languages, being in the field of writing and editing. But I'm mainly interested in using language proficiency to talk to locals when I travel. 

Starting with Spanish, Mandarin and French, and go on from there.

Happy learning and good luck!

Marie