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by kinj28 116 days ago
Some random thoughts —

why language would evolve ? Let’s say to make it easier and better ? And if such a case then wouldn’t that be applicable to all languages? If yes then I am a native kutchi speaker and it just a dialect. How would its history of change could even be found? But I do speak other languages like Gujarati and Hindi and I wonder if there was any evolution if those languages which have a

2 comments

You seem to be making the same error as many make about natural evolution: Assuming it does anything "to" anything, that it has a purpose. That's not how it works; it just happens.

Maybe called the "teleological fallacy" or something.

> Let’s say to make it easier and better ?

I hope not

Better for it to grow layers that are new and exciting, accessible only to the cultures that create them (and whatever comes after) and those who make the effort to continue learning