Spoken language is dying — with people saying about 30% fewer words than 20 years ago: study

Source: New York Post

America’s at a loss for words! Spoken language is dying, with people speaking about 30% fewer words a day than they did 20 years ago — fueling a “loneliness epidemic” of disconnected convenience-seekers, according to a new study and experts. Small talk is all but disappearing as the average person speaks 338 fewer words daily every year that’s passed since 2005, according to the report, published in the Perspectives on Psychological Science. Spoken language is on the decline, with the average person saying 30% fewer words per day than 20 years ago, a new study reveals.