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There are places in England where there are more people who feel comfortable giving evidence in Urdu or Gujerati than in English but in the civil courts the party who calls them must pay for an interpreter; witness statements in another language must be accompanies by a translation into English at the party's expense; statements of cases, application notices, and anything else filed in the court must be in English; and judgment will be given in English. What is the difference?

" To destroy a language, however, is to destroy a culture" says someone. Perhaps, but that does not mean it has to be kept alive at the expense of those who don't speak it.

"Thou shalt not kill, but need'st not strive
Officiously to keep alive."