The Future of Language

[@Gairhoth]

1:51 um, that's not how pie charts work...

[@noahfahey8834]

Gairhoth yeah it kinda is

[@marcodebruin5370]

360M vs 0.5B (= 500M): that's 40% & 60%, the blue section should be much larger,,,,

[@highgroundproductions8590]

0.5 billion is just 500 million

[@gen4646]

Ah yes, the universal language translater, also known as "Google Translate"

[@y__h]

iV Genny Or in its more evil name, "Perfect Censorship Machine".

[@marcodebruin5370]

OMG: you call that a universal translater??? I call it the gibberish generator. Try translating languages from different linguistic groups -> you won't get anything sensical from it

[@y__h]

Marco de Bruin lol because it doesn't understand cultural context, yet.

[@alikahaei9305]

I hope in the future we all speak Esperanto but after that I think there won't be ANY languages at all. People will speak to each other with brain-to-brain communication. We actually already have basic technologies for the brain to communicate with artificial body parts!

[@rufusjoseph1949]

true people do not socialize anymore With one another directly

[@owlredshift]

I appreciated this format way more than your previous shows. I am trying to put my finger on it, but it's tough. Was it all just from the cool music, or did you also maybe have a little more of a 'serious' attitude than you usually do? I'm not too sure, but I did enjoy this episode a lot more.

[@i.C.Infinity]

I think that a universal language translator can and will come about through hieroglyphics and imagery but it needs to specifically start from accurate translations of human emotions, values, and virtues which vary a lot from culture to culture. Once they are interpreted accurately, the door will open to language engines and eventually true meaning translation in real time.

[@mervjohnson8010]

That universal translator looks like an Arc Reactor. LOL

[@moosefactory133]

I am going to have to learn French

[@groapexds3333]

no it wont be that important

[@_Zeozed]

good luck :D

[@_Zeozed]

@@groapexds3333Shut up

[@teknophyle1]

Please lower the volume on that music track

[@AnimalFacts]

In 1000, assuming we are still here, I'm going guess we'll be speaking through some sort of technology which transfers thoughts digitally. But if we do still speak verbally I doubt anyone alive today would understand it.

[@chancetime6420]

Will punctuation simplify in the future? As someone that can read(not speak/sometimes I apparently sound like I'm butchering my native spoken language) 6 distanct languages the hardest part at times when writing can be remembering the proper punctuation(Americanized English and German as an example).

[@NickFarrow]

Whatever language has more computer code will be the dominant language I suspect.

[@TTheDDoctor]

I anticipate that we will discover something akin to telepathy in the future, allowing for the direct brain-to-brain communication of concepts and ideas without the need for spoken or written languages. Of course, for us to interpret thoughts the exact same way would require extensive study that could take centuries to engineer into a proper universal language. After all, not everyone (READ: colorblind) thinks of the same hue when someone mentions the color green; perhaps we may learn to interpret messages the same some time after learning how to first accurately read (and maybe determine the context of) a person's mind.

[@SpaceCaseZ06]

yes, we'd need to develop a common mental language of concepts. I'm sure psychologist have thought about that.

[@marcodebruin5370]

The issue of color-hues (and other direct sense-input) is the least of the problems to solve. The differences in cultural background (bias, moral concepts, historical references, etc) is so much greater, that any attempt to construct a universal language is doomed until we have a single global culture

[@dryued6874]

As if we've forgotten what channel this is. In the future, we'll merge into a single consciousness, bypassing the need for words.

[@SpaceCaseZ06]

I doubt that. If that was the trend, over the millenia, we'd have already developed a communal hive mind. The opposite seems to be true. Entropy. people becoming isolated in their consciousnesses.

[@ethanrussell4742]

0:35 who's the knob end that decided Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan is part of China?

[@Necrikus]

My only thoughts are how distracting that mustache is. Also that, chances are that with the English language's tendency to assimilate words from other cultures and languages that a future evolution of English will at the very least remain fairly relevant worldwide in the future.

[@jeremyxu6071]

I think that using something similar to program language to communicate with each other when texting messages is quite common between two coders. For example, Jack and Julia are two coders and they can text messages like this: Jack may ask "Is.Julia.Havedinnner?" ( Have you had dinner?) Julia may answer "this.Havedinner == True" ( Yes, I have.)

[@liranpiade4499]

The Hebrew was from left to right... What's up with that? You're doing an episode on languages. If you're going to incorporate Hebrew, make sure you can handle right to left properly.

[@wildec2]

Ive started to really hate emojis lately tbh, there will be someone says something utterly inane, and spams the same emoji 6 times either side of it, its so silly and inefficient. As to which language starts to become more and more important globally? Its a no brainer that more people in Africa and other emerging countries will speak american english as they develop because America is the most important consumer and financial market in the world. China is big, but simplified mandarin is still too complicated to be able to take over from english as the global language of math, science and commerce. I can remember when people in my life became obsessed with learning Japanese because its economy was amazing in the 80s and 90s, but after a long depression, cultural isolationism, and with a declining population, its obvious it cant become a truly global language. I think the same applies to china now, anyone whos into 'the next big thing' will say learn mandarin, learn mandarin, but its redundant if most chinese traveling outside of china speak good english.

[@dswynne]

In the original BLADE RUNNER film, there is another hybrid language called "City Speak", which is a mixture of Japanese, Spanish and German. If they remade the film today, City Speak would probably be a mixture of Spanish and something else.

[@diegodelperu409]

ESPANISH!! chinese is too dificult. Spanish have latin letters, very clear pronunciation

[@josegr6174]

The ideographic features of emojis are a great advantage probably future languages will be based on them.

[@RadiantExemplar]

Why was this posted then taken down again?

[@fwthinking]

Minor mistake, apologies.

[@RadiantExemplar]

Ah no problem, was just curious. Awesome video as always! Nice stache lol

[@fwthinking]

Merci beaucoup!

[@MonsieurMammouth]

Monsieur, your moustache is absolument magnifique.

[@caidentalazus8960]

Le Français est une langue magnifique, mais aussi très complexe. Nous passons beaucoup de temps à l'école pour en apprendre les subtilités. Elle est en train de devenir la langue des affaires et du tourisme dans le monde entier. French is a beautiful language, but also very complex. We spend a lot of time at school learning the intricacies. It is becoming the language of business and tourism all over the world.

[@festethephule7553]

As a Canadian, I am very frustrated that I can barely read that. I very much wish that I was better at french.

[@SpaceCaseZ06]

I tried to read it. My crude third-year high school French is adequate but I had trouble with a few words. then, I saw the English translation.

[@festethephule7553]

Good news! I have decided to learn Quenya!

[@HellSpawnRulerOfHell]

3:40 People would be able to create there own language or only speak using fictional languages.

[@vamshigoud359]

In 100 years Sanskrit language is going to me the most spoken language Nice stache..!

[@rajatrao9135]

how

[@OmegaKillerArtMeisterSkywalker]

1:50 I don't think 360 million is an eighth of 0.5 billion...

[@DaDa-ui3sw]

Well see dude

[@johnchukwudum673]

I predict that the future of the English language, people will stop pronouncing the letter 'T'. Except for when it begins with a word or a sentence.

[@SK8fourL1F3]

your facial hair is getting better and better each video!

[@CucumberFan-ci8zk]

Tell it to future timeline, they should have six languages in lingua franca. (English, Spanish, French, Hindi, Chinese, Arabic.)

[@snim9515]

different language interactions and make themselves complex, how about creating brand new language which don't have exception in the rules are perfect for students?

[@thesnare100]

what's Jonathan's mustache called with the pointed ends, not a goatee, not sure.

[@Eric_D_6]

Do more people really say "hello" thought? I think "Hi" is way more popular, not sure how popular "bonjour" is though.

[@SpaceCaseZ06]

Salut! Je toujours dis, "Howdy!" Ça va?

[@eli-huyasharal3913]

It's Loveless from Wild Wild West.

[@mcorrade]

rocking that Vandyke and handle bar eh?

[@Marihl1354]

theres a language called logban, logical banter. its a mixture of the most comon lsnguages in the world, adding soeach methods from amond them. the goal is for logban to become the universal second language.

[@ronaldonmg]

Do you mean Lojban? Its goal is to be unambiguous

[@hollywisconsin]

I hope #1 Francais. :) My kids and I are learning it.

[@jacobchateau6191]

Ah yes, the universal language translator, also known to humans as Pure Consciousness.

[@videogiocatore3]

Finally a video without toyota cars everywhere lol

[@gen4646]

Nice stache

[@francismausley7239]

"A universal language shall be adopted and taught in the schools and academies of the world. A committee appointed by the national bodies shall select a suitable language to be used as a means of international communication. Every one will need but two languages, his national tongue and the universal language. All will acquire the international language." - Abdu’l-Baha, Baha'i Faith

[@francismausley7239]

@kgghv fhhf As this is a comment about the future by an elected world government, of course the sovereign nation of Papua New Guinea would be included.

[@ronaldonmg]

put your money where your mouth is, missionary. If you really want this to happen, don't tell people to wait for this "universal" language to magically appear when they can use Esperanto NOW. As long as Esperanto doesn't have dozens of millions of speakers, nobody sane&capable is going to create something better

[@YunisRajab]

A universal translator would be much more feasible if we had fewer languages, which is where the world is heading anyway.

[@SpaceCaseZ06]

It'd have to cover the top ten languages well at least. I don't know how well it can handle Arabic but I don't think Mandarin/Chinese is anywhere close to feasible.

[@YunisRajab]

I think Arabic can be feasible. It's my first language after all. It would be a shame not to have Chinese since half the world speaks it.

[@ronaldonmg]

No it wouldn't, especially not if we don't remove all ambiguity from the remaining languages. Also it's not "where the world is heading". It's where the market is pushing. Whether there are 7000 or 170 languages, using a neutral shared second language (Esperanto or other) would be the best and cheapest solution

[@khelana]

*One langauge for all world it gonna be boring, i love every country have original languge, 2nd and 3rd language even 4th language, imagine you have a room and this room you have only bed and you have another room and in this time you have bed and tabel lamp carpet closet and more things which one you gonna choice? ummmm i think you gonna choice the 2nd one as well as your brine you have language room in it how many langauge you have your mind gonna be more active more creative more communicate it and more curiosity of, like that i am talking about my experience i speak write and talk 4 langauge :) wow amazing*

[@bitchlasagna4541]

what languages do you speak?

[@JayMete]

I think in the future we will be connected by bci or neural lace so language is on the way out.

[@brendansully12]

Not digging the stash, but I still love the info

[@ericpa06]

Machine translation will take over.

[@SpaceCaseZ06]

Machine translation is terrible especially for Asian tonal languages. Can't put that much faith in it.

[@ericpa06]

Well, we are talking about the future, not nowadays. Many technologies were terrible back in the day. With time they get better. And of course, some languages are easier to translate due their similarities such as English and Spanish. Probably when the first computer chess players lost so badly to humans translator they thought the same thing..

[@cinnamonchimera854]

Love the Salvador Dali 'stache. :)

[@highgroundproductions8590]

English will be the world's lingua franca.

[@marekglowacki2390]

Kyrgystan and Tajikistan on this map - they don't speak Chinese.

[@Peacepov]

visual language

[@Freethinker94]

Did anyone notice that China has taken over kyrgyzstan and tajikistan? :44

[@chrissoto7187]

Kinda torn on the new look.

[@Dr_Raja_King_2]

excellent

[@GamerFromJump]

0:32 - Your illustration marks Taiwan as part of China. For shame.

[@SpaceCaseZ06]

there may be administrative debate, but the language is the same for the most part. for the purposes of this video, the distinction is unnecessary.

[@Dr_Raja_King_2]

amazing

[@SuperTonyony]

Dat 'stache doe.

[@declan8577]

Singlish? That is English with.... Singaporian?

[@wildec2]

easy lah.

[@adamtschupp9825]

what is that mustache?!?

[@abdullahhamoud1025]

in 50 _ 100 year Arabic language

[@wildec2]

I dont see it happening tbh, at least based on anything we can see right now.

[@Citizenof98]

Polish = > English = > Spanish&Bulgarian = > French? Good way?

[@cclaudiohk5194]

how about Chinlish XD

[@talv]

What's with the mustache?

[@willemvandebeek]

It has the hipster virus.

[@eyezerocool]

how about language not being a thing. if you can just put thoughts into other peoples heads...who needs language,

[@thegamergod7076]

loved the hebrew in the thumbnail ! שלום!

[@dor2858]

שלום מה שלומך

[@thegamergod7076]

כע אחלה לא רע מתכונן לישון

[@דמויות2מוזרות]

חה חה חה

[@hydrocynical3365]

Some of the do called facts about english are not correct if you look at populations of English speaking countries.

[@Beksultan9]

By the way everyone speak english

[@amirsabbaghi209]

Tajikstan is not china. Correct ur map

[@MarioYun.The.Writer]

French is much Easier than Mandarin Because it doesn't use Chinese characters So learn French right now!

[@wildec2]

What is it that the merovingian said in matrix? 'cursing in french is like wiping your ass with silk' ... ?

[@danielluster732]

#Awesome! =) =) =) =)

[@crax0r85]

Please, give up that shitty "music", I like the video but that background noise was annoying af.

[@Censtudios]

Oh god I hope it's not french. Ugly language in my opinion.

[@SpaceCaseZ06]

I know some French and some Mandarin. I would just need to learn some Arabic, learn some more Spanish and perhaps German? Korean? Thai? Farsi? Hindi?

[@jacquesdupontd]

Merci

[@stephenchow6749]

I am offensive and I find that asian.

[@DaDa-ui3sw]

60 % of english is composed by french words, due to the influence of french culture during centuries all over the world. It was the language that was speaken in every european Courts. And I can't understand the fact that you can consider it as ugly, try to listen some french poesy or musics (for example "L'aigle noir" from Barbara, I have this one in mind, don't know why).

[@EdvardHansson]

i think people are lazy, and will use their iphones to directly translate stuff instead of learning languages.

[@YaAllahIraq]

You have to focus on the Arabic language, because it will the 5th future language.

[@chillgaming4180]

Second

[@sebastianfrankovich8074]

That mustache is so distracting

[@bilbo_gamers6417]

French language is ridiculous as a global language.

[@bilbo_gamers6417]

They don't even have a word for cheap.

[@SpaceCaseZ06]

really? that's the worst thing? lol there are plenty of languages without direct translations and ones where the ideas are expressed as short or long phrases. there are lots of languages where one antonym of a word is the original word itself! oversight, for example.

[@marcodebruin5370]

Uhm, yeah they do: "bon marché"

[@mep6302]

French was the lingua franca in the past. Why dost thou think it can't be nowadays?

[@DaDa-ui3sw]

Man, French used to be the global language during centuries... and English is composed at 60 % by french words.

[@snim9515]

different language interactions and make themselves complex, how about creating brand new language which don't have exception in the rules and perfect for students?

[@snim9515]

different language interactions and make themselves complex, how about creating brand new language which don't have exception in the rules and perfect for students?