In the last years our world has experimented some radical changes which could have fatal consequences. One of these is globalization. There's some people who believe that globalization will kill minority languages, but others defense that there's still hope.
On the one hand, it's clear that a global world makes and important pressure to minority languages because, as you know, English is becoming the most important language in the world, pushing the others to the abyss.
On the other hand, minority languages won't die till all the speakers die. So, it's a long process before a language disappears. Furthermore, there will be always written evidences, that will remain throughout the years, but really a written language is not as a spoken one. See the example of Latin.
To sum up, minority languages are under pressure but despite that, they will be always there. What is clear is that time will tell us what will happen eventually.
On the one hand, it's clear that a global world makes and important pressure to minority languages because, as you know, English is becoming the most important language in the world, pushing the others to the abyss.
On the other hand, minority languages won't die till all the speakers die. So, it's a long process before a language disappears. Furthermore, there will be always written evidences, that will remain throughout the years, but really a written language is not as a spoken one. See the example of Latin.
To sum up, minority languages are under pressure but despite that, they will be always there. What is clear is that time will tell us what will happen eventually.
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