- How do languages go extinct? Respond to the reading, reflecting on what happens when a language dies. How can linguists help preserve a language? Can a language ever be brought back to life?
Languages go extinct when there is no people speak or use the language. Languages dies when the descendants of that group does not use, study or pass the language down to the future generations, and there is not enough documentations for others to study. Linguists can help preserving a language by keeping and organizing documentation. I personally believe that with the globalization trend, it is inevitable that the descendants of some of marginalized groups would choose to live or study other popular languages so that they have more opportunities and can be able to compete in the world. However, with enough documentations, they would be able to keep their own languages and study the language.
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