I think it would be pretty intense (like camping..."in tents" lol) if I was the last person in the world to speak a certain language. I would feel pretty important, knowing that if I die, my language would be extinct! I feel like it would be my duty to survive and pass the language on to someone so the language can go on and hopefully be revived. There are probably people right now in the world that are the last of their language speaking culture. That must be one of the loneliest feelings to not be able to talk to anyone in your native tongue. I almost imagine it being compared to someone trapped on an island with no one to talk to. I feel like that would drive any person crazy!
It is not really a big deal to me whether or not my language could go extinct because I've never been faced with that problem, but now that I am trying to put myself in that position all I can think of is loneliness. Hypothetically, if I was the last person in the world to understand the English language I would feel so useless. I would feel that no one would be able to truly understand me. Sure, I could learn another language, but it just wouldn't be the same as being able to use my native language, which I have known my whole life.
I highly doubt the English language will ever face extinction, but what if it did? How would you feel in that situation? All I know is that I'd feel like I was trapped on an island with no one to communicate with. Who knows, maybe if I got lucky I could find a volleyball named Wilson to talk to.
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