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by augusto-moura 36 days ago
To be fair, it is only natural: Portuguese itself only came to be because the Roman Empire conquered the Lusitan land [1], a lot of English comes from Norman French from the Norman conquest [2], the Americas didn't speak European languages until 500 years ago or so, etc.

If you give enough time, all languages will change, and some of them because of major political changes/conquests

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleohispanic_languages

[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influence_of_French_on_English

[3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_languages_of_the_Am...
1 comments
philipwhiuk 34 days ago
It's natural to die during childbirth or because the sabretooth tiger nearby thought you looked like an easy target.

Natural doesn't mean good.

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augusto-moura 34 days ago
I'm not saying that is good nor that is bad, looking through the anthropology lens there's no value judgement.

Besides, differently from your shocking examples, cultures and languages don't "die" as you seem to imply, they evolve, and that part is natural and not bad or good. Portuguese (and English) will change we liking it or not

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