In the reading Tribe Revives Language on Verge of Extinction, it has a really interesting idea. In order to save American Indian language with only five speakers left, a tribe member recorded audio and putting the online. It was sad to see how soon tribe language died due to globalization and technology development. I believe it is beneficial to keep the originality of tribal languages, which can be studied for anthropology, zoology and archaeology purposes.
In the reading, it mentioned another causes for language extinction. Government boarding schools, where generations of Indian children were sent, aimed to stamp out native ways and tongues. Now, the language is taught through the sixth grade at the public charter school in Siletz. If young children cannot speak this kind of language, definitely as time passes, the language would die.
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