- Respond to the reading, reflecting on what is lost when languages die. (You might want to watch the interview with David Harrison posted to the front page of the Ning.)
Language is filled with a lot of history and culture. So, when a language dies it not only loses the physical language but also the human heritage aspect. We lose a community of people who could communicate exclusively and uniquely with each other. In addition, many reasons languages are created because only their language can communicate something specific to their unique culture. For example, many countries have their own sayings and only can be fully understood if you spoke the language and are from the culture. Therefore, it is important to keep all the different languages alive because without it we would not be diverse and would lose valuable years of history.
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