English is equivalent to late stage Latin

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So the Roman Empire is about to collapse?

A little bit. Things are different this time around.

Different technology, yes

Different paradigm, no

I think that thanks to the internet and pseudo hive minds of Gen Z (or millennials?) and younger, human society will remain mostly stable for the foreseeable future. There will be civil unrest and power transitions, but our technological civilization is on the brink of becoming immortal within the bounds of time.

So maybe the US government will collapse (hopefully), but it will be replaced by something quite similar. Just as it was a replacement for older forms of governance, derived from the old Roman and Greek republics.

Iโ€™m just saying that English is positioned to split into a family of languages like Latin did with Romance. We already have a few languages derived from English

Have to disagree. English isn't going anywhere, anytime soon

It already has. You would not understand a man from 1500 England, and you might barely understand some AAVE, Jamaican Patois, or Scots speakers of today

Better start learning Mandarin

English will be the main language of humanity for thousands of years. Chinese scientists publish in English.

i don't know about thousands, but for sure, i was just fucking around with my comment lol

I think people will read the English literature of the 1900s forever. And I see English is gaining adoption.

I assume eventually, there will be a spelling and alphabet reform

Like why does โ€œspellingโ€ have two Ls instead of more clearly representing the sounds by marking the E as a short vowel? In the Shavian alphabet, it would be โ€œ๐‘•๐‘๐‘ง๐‘ค๐‘ฆ๐‘™", two less letters and completely clear in pronunciation for foreign learners.

I don't know about thousands. English will evolve over time.

I think it will adapt to be more analytical, simplified, and mark my words, English will use kanji in the next 500 years.

I donโ€™t think they will use kanji specifically.

I do agree simplification is inevitable. But what you are sensing is the constructed language that will replace natural language. It will use words and symbols derived from English, Latin, Mandarin, Arabic, and others. Probably some tyrant empire in the future will enforce it