>>1357069Firstly it's not that unusual, the US use to be covered by all those different Amerindian languages, Australia has something like 300 Aboriginal languages, China is a continuum of Chinese dialects... so it's not unusual for such variety to be in such a small place, and then there's the real issue:
>The Guttenberg press.It's a lot harder for communities and "nations" to switch to a new language when all of the literature, books, and road signs and monuments are scrawled in the incumbent language.
