Conlangs Rise as Languages Fall

Globalization and transport/telecoms accelerate extinction of many small, place‑bound languages, but the internet and specialized economies are producing a different kind of linguistic diversity: intentional, platform‑based vernaculars and constructed languages that spread across digital communities. This is not a net neutral change: the new diversity differs in origin, function and power from traditional tongues. — Policymakers, educators and cultural institutions must rethink language preservation and pluralism to account for both dying local tongues and emergent, internet‑native speech communities.