Why should we not preserve indigenous languages?

Extinction of Indigenous languages leads to loss of exclusive ...

“We found that those languages with unique knowledge are the ones at a higher risk of extinction,” says Bascompte. “There is a sort of a double- ...

On the Importance of Indigenous Language Education

Language is often thought of as a key process in developing one's worldview. For many Indigenous cultures, oral traditions are also a primary ...

Indigenous Languages Open Up a Window Onto the Natural World

And the environmental knowledge they contain is not easily translated to other languages, so much of it would definitely be lost if the language stops being ...

Indigenous language - Wikipedia

Many indigenous peoples worldwide have stopped the generational passage of their ancestral languages and have instead adopted the majority language as part of ...

Why Indigenous languages matter | Canadian Geographic

It is also a matter of decency and human rights. Who among us would want to be the last speaker of our native language, enveloped in silence, ...

How technology and education can help preserve aboriginal ...

For many people who speak indigenous languages across the globe, this is not simply a “what if” question. According to National Geographic ...

Preserving a Native American tribe's language and culture

The United Nations (PDF, 1.4MB) says up to 90% of global Indigenous languages will disappear by the end of the 21st century and 600 languages ...

Why so important? - Endangered Languages Project

Languages not being learned by children are not just endangered, they are doomed. Of the Native American languages of the U.S., 90% are not being passed on to a ...

Why Indigenous Languages Matter and What We Can Do to Save ...

... does not involve the preservation and growth of Indigenous languages and cultures is no reconciliation at all: it is assimilation.

The Need To Preserve And Transmit Indigenous Cultures, Traditions ...

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How to save a dying indigenous language - Latin America Reports

Native languages tend to be belittled by the dominant society, and so communities who speak them would rather their children learn Spanish so ...

Preserving Indigenous Languages I Oxford Open Learning

In some cases, this has resulted in languages becoming moribund, with few fluent speakers remaining. The loss of an indigenous language is not merely a ...

How Can We Preserve Indigenous Languages? - UC Davis

But even though he had grown up in Davis, he said, “I didn't even know what the language was called. I had no idea whether there were speakers.

Documenting and Maintaining Indigenous Languages

Moreover, in another five to ten years there will be no fluent speakers remaining. Thus, the overriding question is how can we maintain the knowledge and ...

Indigenous Languages Explained: What You Need to Know Today

... language? 2. Why does it matter so much that we preserve these languages? 3. And much more about how you can start learning one of these

Indigenous Languages and Language Revitalization with Amara ...

Learn why indigenous languages are endangered, why we must ... are no longer taught the language ... are working to save their languages. The ...

Preserving indigenous languages - AfOx - University of Oxford

“There is great value in preserving languages. When you preserve a language, you preserve a culture. You preserve stories, history and knowledge. You are able ...

Indigenous Language Revitalization in Canada

These languages are endangered or “sleeping.” Sleeping languages are languages that do not currently have any fluent speakers. In particular, ...

Five Things I've Learned About Preserving Indigenous Languages

4: Revitalization is a team effort. Minoose says there are many ways for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people to help revitalize Indigenous ...

Language as a Facilitator of Cultural Connection - PMC

Indigenous languages preserve important concepts and epistemologies that shape entire belief systems, and they define how people formulate ideas and make ...