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International Mother Language Day

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Diversity opposes every smooth texture.
It dives deeper than layers of versatility
And digs the fossils of distinction,
In search of treasures.

For some, everything is too much.
Trapped in the dictatorship of neurons,
We deal with misunderstandings
Using the same language.
Utopian pursuit of unity,
Within blurred boundaries
Is a bleeding Frankenstein
Who still believes in therapeutic
Qualities of acupuncture
While being strewn with thorns
Of factual diagnosis.

For others, nothing is enough.
Every extinct language has to be revived,
Each archaism, old-fashioned idiom preserved.
And still, words will be scarce.

John Milton — 630 invented words.
Lingua Ignota by Hildegard von Bingen — 1011 secret words.
Cameron’s Pandorian Na’vi language — 2600 new words.