Other developments, such as the extinction of the Spanish language (except as a foreign language, with two weekly hours devoted to it) in the Catalan educational system may play a larger role in the future, as may the disappearance of a single justice system to resolve legal issues throughout Spain, as proclaimed by the Catalan statute.
Jorge Luis Borges thought Wells's books, especially the early fantastic classics, would last for ever, "be incorporated, like the fables … into the general memory of the species and even transcend … the extinction of the language in which they were written".
In complementary contrast, Hiller's The Last Silent Movie, while certainly not being silent nor really a movie, laments the extinction of minority languages.
Sadly, the physical annihilation of communities of native speakers of a language is all too often the cause of language extinction.
Furthermore, these cultural and community traditions, often oral in nature, are disappearing with the extinction of the languages in which they are deeply associated, adding a component of urgency to the preservation of this valuable knowledge.
Despite this, schools still offer a Spanish-centric curriculum, "a system of education," explains Fernando Bojórquez, "which itself contributes to the extinction of the languages and cultures of original peoples".
Despite this, schools still offer a Spanish-centric curriculum, "a system of education," explains Fernando Bojórquez, "which itself contributes to the extinction of the languages and cultures of original peoples". Oaxaca's linguistic diversity is born of its terrain: a rugged landscape of ravines, caverns and sheer jungle ascents.
For James Woodward, the mass extinction of sign languages is bound up in prejudice and chauvinism.
Such processes of linguistic expansion, while presumably common in human history, sometimes result in the extinction of other languages as the domains of language use begin to overlap to the extent that one of them becomes obsolete.
