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Originally Posted by ArcheM
Okay, when I said "it's not a complete loss" I meant actually "not a complete loss of time spent studying a dying language by me"... Because I frankly haven't set off with the grand ambition of saving a language. For me language learning is a kind of entertainment. And I see language change and language death as a natural process, so even if Welsh were dying I'd watch from the sidelines and perhaps record the progress...
Well, I started this reply to try to redeem myself as a non-callous human being, and ended by revealing my complete lack of compassion, I guess.  I mean, the majority of the Welsh people don't seem to particularly care for the language's continued existence, and who am I to tell them what to do?
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You're okay, people still learn Latin and that is a dead language, a guy in my therapy group taight himself Latin when he was in highschool, so even if Welsh was/is a dying language it could still be worth it to learn.