Razpravljanje o jezikovni prihodnosti v slovenskem jezikovnem prostoru je zmeraj trdno zasidrano v konkretnem zgodovinskem trenutku. Napovedovanje jezikovne usode se je običajno tesno povezovalo z napovedovanjem usode jezikovne skupnostipri tem je pogosto nihalo med določanjem zaželenega ciljnega stanja in med svarilnimi črnimi scenariji. Pretekle prihodnosti lahko post festum ovrednotimonajmanj jasna slika jezikovne prihodnosti pa se zmeraj kaže v trenutni sedanjosti.Discussion of the linguistic future in Slovene speaking areas is always firmly anchored in the specific historical moment. Predictions of a language\u27s fate are usually closely connected to predictions of the fate of the language community concernedthese predictions often swing between identifying the desired state and warnings about possible negative scenarios. Previous futures can be evaluated after the fact, but the least clear picture of the language future is always the one available in the current moment
