Diversity of Language Matey

            Language evolves as cultures merge. As societies advance and the notion of embracing one another as one majority and not a multitude of minorities grows, we lose our traditional values and language. Language is constantly adapting with generations and niches in society to provide a special quality to groups within a majority. Unless an absolute blending of cultures and peoples is attained, there will always be cultural and generational division. In the event that one attempts to eliminate these barriers, flags would fly up and all progress would be halted. We live in a society where individuality and identity are valued. We embrace being part of a group no matter how broken down or large it may be. On any level you identify yourself with others and their likeness to you. You want your values to be reflected by those around you and unless the world melded into one cohesive blob of hippies with no distinguishing features, you’d lose everything that sets you apart. In this sense language has to evolve to mirror the sense of individualism and pride found in different sects of our culture. Without a developing language and uniqueness to these groups, they’d fall apart and dissipate. We’d be back to the grey indistinguishable mass covering the world.