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Originally Posted by jillio
Actually, bilingualism does not result in assimilation of one culture into another. Because the two lanugages are used (bilingual) two cultures are maintained (bicultural). One only ends up with a single culture when those with other languages, values, and norms are forced to assimilate into the majority culture, and all become unilingual.
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You realize I mean that everyone should learn a sign language, right?
Also, it would not be a sudden change. It would allow for change, though, given that people do wish to keep their families together.