Thursday, April 16, 2015

Going...Going...Gone.

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140606-why-we-must-save-dying-languages
I have already posted an article about dying languages, but this article is different very intriguing to me. I chose the article because it's very interesting. It starts out by talking about a man who speaks Cherokee and his wife who is also Cherokee, who doesn't speak it.It then goes on to talk about the rate at which some languages are dying off and why it is imperative that we try to save them. One thing I found really interesting was that the article stated even languages such as Cherokee, that have thousands of speakers, are in danger of dying off because children are not learning it. Languages are more than just the way we communicate, each language in itself holds knowledge about cultures and the people within that culture. It also informs us about different topics, some such as herbs and medicine, that we may not know as much about. The article does make me want to learn more about dying languages and see what is being done to try and preserve them.


3 comments:

  1. I would also feel sad if younger generation of children didn't want to learn my language that is endangered. Hopefully something can be done to change this. Great article!

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  2. I agree with the author that if we are so worried about endangered species, we should be worried about these endangered languages. These endangered languages carry traditions that we could be losing. The article talks about literature like the Odyssey could have never been brought up to the world because it was an oral story. Great find!

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  3. This author states important things. I think it is so sad that languages are dying because of everything that dies with it.

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