I'm saddened by the loss or extinction of anything from this earth. Indeed, I have little hope that things will get any better. As every liguist knows, language differentiation exists because of separation. What separates me from my brothers in Britain or my sisters in New Zealand? I type words in English, and they respond in English, all within a minute.

Thos languages will survive if we construct some Pyrenees and Alps Mountains around our gobalizing businesses. In America, people are always trying to be "different" but homogenization is the real movement.