That’s why Welsh and Irish are basically considered dead to many
Uh…no. As far as I know, none of these languages are dead. Irish is dying but it’s not dead yet. Welsh is thriving and is pretty much the only Celtic language being passed down the next generation consistently and has a vigorous community with a respectable size.
A dead language is one which has no native speakers alive to speak it e.g Latin.
Irish and Welsh aren’t dead. The only dead Celtic language im aware of (but it has been revived since) is Manx, with the last native speaker dying in the 1970s.
You know there are Welsh schools right? And that the Welsh government has two official languages, Welsh and English? And that all official documents have to be bilingual? I’ve heard people speaking Welsh to each other in Wales, and I know someone for whom Welsh is their first language.
Technically, Latin is a dead language, but not an extinct language. It could (heavy emphasis on “could”) come back all of a sudden. That’s what happened to Hebrew.
Extinct languages aren’t even spoken by anyone anymore. Not even a single soul. Gone beyond the point of repair. Disappeared for good, like dinosaurs and dodo birds and megalodon.
It’s also not a dead language by any stretch of the imagination. Even latin isn’t technically a dead language since it is still used.
Imperialists calling something dead is often just wishful thinking.
A dead language is one that isn’t used by real people everyday, not a language some academics can still speak.
That’s why Welsh and Irish are basically considered dead to many because the native speakers are so few that it could disappear very easily.
Also who the fuck speaks Latin still? Does the papal city place in Italy even speak that during it’s day to do going ons?
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Uh…no. As far as I know, none of these languages are dead. Irish is dying but it’s not dead yet. Welsh is thriving and is pretty much the only Celtic language being passed down the next generation consistently and has a vigorous community with a respectable size.
Cape Breton has native Scots Gaelic speakers (several communities in our highlands), as well as the Gaelic College. It’s not as dead as people think.
Tha iad math air dannsa-ceum ann an Ceap Breatainn…
Sorry, I don’t speak it. I only know because it was the next county over.
They are good at line dancing in Cape Breton.
“the papal city place in Italy” shows how great your knowledge is
Oh sorry, excuse me for not remembering the paedophile palaces name.
Honestly the Vatican isn’t worth remembering, along with the hate filled ideology it promotes.
You’re right, btw. Religiosity is still strong in Wales and other parts of the UK. Lots of Catholics, too.
It’s the Methodists that were big in Wales, not the Catholics.
A dead language is one which has no native speakers alive to speak it e.g Latin.
Irish and Welsh aren’t dead. The only dead Celtic language im aware of (but it has been revived since) is Manx, with the last native speaker dying in the 1970s.
You know there are Welsh schools right? And that the Welsh government has two official languages, Welsh and English? And that all official documents have to be bilingual? I’ve heard people speaking Welsh to each other in Wales, and I know someone for whom Welsh is their first language.
Does that sound dead?
Technically, Latin is a dead language, but not an extinct language. It could (heavy emphasis on “could”) come back all of a sudden. That’s what happened to Hebrew.
Extinct languages aren’t even spoken by anyone anymore. Not even a single soul. Gone beyond the point of repair. Disappeared for good, like dinosaurs and dodo birds and megalodon.