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THE EXODUS OF LANGUAGES
migrating people
Divergence of language
Endangering global linguistic diversity
languages worldwide converged to a smaller number
Cause one-third languages endangered
3 largest languages
English
Mandarin Chinese
Spanish
The losing languages
in the world
Cause some unique aspects
of culture cannot be reflected
Canada and Australia‘a aboriginal language
reflect the connect to environment
Inuit describe show in many ways
The ancient Thule migrated eastern to Alaska to Labrador and Greenland
Botanists discovered new species
Archaeologists tracked migrations
Evidence:
their mutually intelligible,living dialects
Languages are like creatures,
They can be endangered,too
By multiple reasons (War,disaster,famine)
Some have not been passed,and just gone
Linguists communities shoe resilience
UNESCO made Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger available on-line
To support the continued use of minority languages
Communities need encouragement to hear, read, speak their language in schools and media.
Preservation needs components
Sounds, vocabulary,grammar, traditions
The Maori language has seen resurgence — language nests set up by the community where elders speak Maori to children
A loss in global languages
Loss of the diverse thought
Loss of traditions those languages hold
