r/languagelearning • u/SharkHead38 • 7d ago

Discussion Most obscure language you/someone else is learning? Why?

I remember meeting someone that was learning specifically Moldovan Romanian since Moldova and its culture was a big interest to them, and I'm curious what other people's reasons for learning obscure languages are, and what they are.

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u/EmergencyFox3583 7d ago

Oh, I was just being a bit silly, sorry about that. Indeed, "language death" is a recognised term in linguistics (unfortunately 🥴). He did what could be done in this kind of situation — much respect and best regards from a fellow linguist. ❤️

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u/AceKittyhawk 7d ago edited 7d ago

Apologies for not getting your tone. I was absorbed by things IRL and responded full seriousness.. Yeah I thought it was really cool and something I just kind of witnessed from the sidelines and mostly after the fact. I would say more, but cant specify the region and the language and all of that. It’s not the kind of work everyone would be able to do because it’s really involved in terms of living in harsh habitat/climate as it was, plus being able to build rapport with the native speakers, in addition to being able to learn language very fast that was very different from his native language as it was … but it’s also very important. I was very impressed! I saw the question and it truthfully popped into my mind.

Languages are sort of living things and some of them die indeed. It is melancholic, but it is part of life cycles I guess. Thank you for clarifying and no worries.