#Learning Journal 7

[Xiaoting Sun]

Language is the storehouse of knowledge, and it allows us to search for the truth. Every human language is the master tool representing its unique construct, which determines its limitations and its possibilities in expressing myth, emotion, ideas and logic. Therefore, language is considered as the medium with which the condition of the human soul is communicated. Especially for the spoken-only languages of indigenous peoples, this kind of language disappears faster than the written one. With the loss of each language, people also lose the evolution of its logic and its cultural myths and rituals. I have thought about the loss of languages or dialects in China. It seems to me, the loss of language means the reflective surface of local culture. What a tragic loss of such a great gift.