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If a language dies, does knowledge die with it?, Orange boxes -…

- - - - some knowledge originates from a certain language and that origin will always lasts forever and continued to be used even if there are modification to the knowledge.
        
        Example: Latin
        the bacterium is a Latin language and in modern English, we use the word bacteria.
        
        Most of the knowledge in the English language today is a modification from the historical languages.
        
        Although the languages are not prevalent anymore, we still use the previously originated knowledges and combine them with newly found knowledge to make a modified knowledge.
    - - In some instances, the language cannot be understood by others except for the natives, and neither can they be translated by anyone which causes the knowledge to die with it. There is a communication barrier.
        
        Example: Sfyria
        
        Once a native or the only speaker of a language has passed away and there are no other speakers, no one can translate the language which causes it to die and all the knowledge to die with it.
        
        Some things cannot be translated because it either loses the meaning or it does not have a proper way to be translated.
        
        Te quiero is not easily translated from Spanish to English. Te amo is.
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  - - - Knowledge created through language will stay alive even if the language dies.
        
        Fibonacci Numbers/Sequence (Sanskrit)
        
        Knowledge will stay relevant because people will continue to use the knowledge that was orignated from the language.
        
        The knowledge will continue to provide a path and explaination for newer information, therefore it will still be used
    - - Even if the language dies, you can translate the words and still have the knowledge.
        
        Example: Akkadian
        
        There are many ways to preserve knowledge even if the language dies.
        
        You can translate the "dead" language and preserve the cultural knowledge and the knowledge through researches