German always sounds angry.

That’s what Ahmed Abzi Kalluja, a Syrian Civil War migrant turned German linguistics professor, first thought of his new nation’s language.

“At first, I left lost and frightened when my ears were surrounded by the German language,” says Kalluja, “but now as a linguistics professor, I have a role in teaching and influencing how German should be for young Germans and refugees.”

“I want to use my experience to help and empower them,” he said.

As Germany takes in waves after waves of migrants from Muslim-majority nations, its language is increasingly being influenced by Islamic ones, such as Arabic and Persian. Previously, German has already been influenced by Turkish for decades, due to large numbers of Turkish immigrants laborers settling in Germany.

A self-proclaimed leftist historian Merle Merke agrees. “The naturally angry sounds of German reminds many around the world of Nazi aggression. Changing the language will be solid proof that we reformed.”

She also believes that German should sound more “soft” so migrants can feel more like they’re being “tendered and cared for.”

“It’s just part of showing them good hospitality, that’s all,” she said, before admitting that “reforming a language is big work but it also important because it shows that we care.”

Already, the first steps of eroding German has begun. Not only migrants from the Islamic world and their sympathizers trying to making changes, but so are those who claim to be gender-neutral. The nation’s Federal Constitutional Court ruled that it is ‘unconstitutional’ for the language to have just two genders for people to describe themselves and that a gender-neutral way must be available. Traditionally, for instance, German teachers either call themselves ‘male teacher’ (der Lehrer) or ‘female teacher’ (die Lehrerin). 

“Trans-genders like me will finally feel less conflicted about how to address ourselves,” says Gretchen Krassman, a female transgender elementary school teacher and ‘inter-sex’ activist.

Likewise, Lann Hornscheidt, who was previously a gender studies professor at Humboldt University Berlin, proposed to stop using human-related nouns and use the letter ‘x’ as a ‘inter-sex’ pronoun.

But others were concerned about German being whitewashed.

“Neutering of the German language is happening as we speak”, says Charlotte Maier, a resident of Hamburg, Germany. “And it’s ridiculous before our language is way older than the constitution.”

“Feminizing the German language is like cutting off a man’s balls,” remarked Thomas Schulze, a history student from the city of Bonn. “What a double standard, do people ever complain that some languages sound too feminine?”

“Who knows if German will ever be German anymore,” he remarked, stating that it might end up like Latin. “We all know that Latin existed, but almost no one can speak it fluently.”

Today, Latin is the main language for only one nation, the Holy See, but it’s the world’s least populous nation. For several other Western nations, Latin is mostly featured on currencies, emblems, statues, and the vocabulary of a few other languages. But for the most part, it’s relegated to the dustbins of ancient history.

Will German end up the same way?