Respond to the reading, reflecting on what is lost when languages die.
An interesting correlation between the increasingly quotidian critical languages and the many local languages seems to see the former sweep away the latter. However, and interestingly enough, the web -- which is dominated by the ruling language elite -- offers a pathway whereby these "hidden" languages could manifest and become popularized. Alas, language stabilization requires more than the headcount of those who could speak it, but by those with whom securitize it by "enforcing" it. Nevertheless, language preservation is in fact challenged more by the inevitable progression of life with all of its nuanced contours than by the amount of tongues who could in theory relearn or lean.
Writer Kirk Johnson notes that the "coolness" factor the language may exude certainty helps with language procurement, especially among children. Technology too can help pave the way for language preservation as it collects and organizes vocabulary and other grammar-related material and serves as a source for interaction with the end-user. Cultural practices that have prevailed against the test of time, such as songs and dances, act as a source of customs and information for the next generation of learners. In somewhat of an ironic circumstance, offering a local language as fulfilling a requirement at a charter school will make up grown within which the language was nearly swept under.
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