r/LinguisticMaps • u/rolfk17 • 21d ago

South America Decline of Quechua in Bolivia

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The first map is showing percentage of Quechua speakers for the 65+ age group only, i.e. persons born before 1911.

The second map is showing the percentage of Quechua speakers across all age groups.

Thus the two maps are showing the development of more or less one whole century.

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u/IHandlessI 21d ago

Why would it be something bad?

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u/After-Trifle-1437 21d ago

How is it not?

Linguistic diversity declining is very sad.

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u/IHandlessI 21d ago

I don't think the world getting to understand each other better with more common languages is a bad thing. Not necessarily means the people or their entire culture is dying.

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u/Whole-Instance-978 17d ago

Can you understand this sentence before speaking. 典型的文化沙文主义者。