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Language Trends of the Future
Language Trends of the FutureThere are
consistent trends in the past evolution of languages, and inall likelihood they will continue to change in
the same fashion in thefuture.In 200 years, spoken French will have only one sound, a vowel. Allconsonants
and gaps between words and sentences will disappear, leavingonly an extended "Eauuuuuuuuuuuu..." Meaning
will be inferred fromfacial expression. Written French will stay exactly the same.These consonants will not
be entirely forgotten; they will migrateto Czechoslovakia, which will by that time have no use for vowels.In
200 years, the English vocabulary will be the union of all othervocabularies, but the spelling will be
original.Similarly, the Japanese alphabet will be the union of all otheralphabets in the world.The Cyrillic
alphabet will eventually be the same as the Latinalphabet, only backwards. A mirror will suffice for
translatingRussian into Polish.Finally, in 200 years, entire books in Germany will be one word. Plusa verb
at the end, of course.[From Henry_Cate_III.OSBU_North@xerox.com]
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