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If a language dies, does knowledge die with it? - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Even if a language dies, the knowledge may be written down and can be interpreted.
        
        Language can be decoded many years later, meaning that if nobody alive can read it, the information can still be gained.
        
        Follows assumption that the knowledge is written down, if the language doesn't have a written form then it is possibly lost.
        
        Ex: Egyptian Hieroglyphs
    - - Certain knowledge is exclusively passed on through verbal communication, if a language dies that knowledge can no longer be passed on.
        
        If there is a language barrier, knowledge cannot be passed on.
        
        Not all knowledge can be expressed through non-verbal communication.
        
        Ex: (Insert poem that doesn't rhyme after translation
  - - - Certain mannerisms within language can be lost as a language dies. This means that the inflections and the generally invoked emotion that goes along with it will be lost along the translation of specific knowledge.
        
        Words have more meaning than their literal definition.
        
        Emotions invoke different interpretations of the same knowledge within people.
        
        Ex:
    - - Things like theatre and movies will not be presented the same way across translations. The tone of the movie may change across translations
        
        Emotions are an important aspect of film and theatre, when a language dies and an art form has to be translated it loses some of the original meaning.
        
        Again, emotion is not always passed across translation
        
        Ex: Ghost Stories (Show)