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by Osmium 4081 days ago
Sure, completely agreed. I didn't mean 'wrong' in terms of being ethically wrong. I think the article itself contains a more insightful question: "Is genetic diversity linked to linguistic diversity?"
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> I think the article itself contains a more insightful question: "Is genetic diversity linked to linguistic diversity?"

Why is that an insightful question? I wouldn't have expected a strong correlation, and from the article, there doesn't appear to be one.

At the risk of being too dismissive, I thought the reasons for linguistic diversity were already well known (that is, physical and political separation and a lack of trade/communication).