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Monday, February 9, 2009
Language Preservation
I think that languages do evolve, but these languages that are becoming extinct should definitely be preserved because they tell a lot about a culture. The people who speak these indigenous languages might not be adopting to the homogenizing cultures because they want to, but because they do have to. If they do not receive the education to record their language, but do learn how to write another, then they will have to adapt, which makes their language extinct. I think that the researchers who are preserving the languages are doing the right thing because languages are evolving against the will of the people who speak these languages.
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