The document discusses the importance of language and the consequences when a language dies. It states that when a language dies, the divine and human aspects of life, such as thinking and feeling, are no longer reflected in that language. It also notes that many languages are endangered with small speaker populations and children no longer learning the ancestral language. The dying of languages results in the loss of knowledge, identity, and history.

5. "Cuando muere"Cuando muere
una lengua,una lengua,
las cosaslas cosas
divinas,divinas,
estrellas, sol yestrellas, sol y
luna,las cosasluna,las cosas
humanas,humanas,
pensar y sentir,pensar y sentir,
no se reflejanno se reflejan
en eso espejo."en eso espejo."
"When a"When a
language dies,language dies,
the divinethe divine
things,things,
stars, sun andstars, sun and
moon,moon,
the humanthe human
things.things.
to think and toto think and to
feel,feel,
are no longerare no longer
reflectedreflected
in this mirror."in this mirror."

6. SIDEBARSIDEBAR
Culture = LanguageCulture = Language
Language = CultureLanguage = Culture
““YOU are the LANGUAGE youYOU are the LANGUAGE you
speak.”speak.”

7. THE “LANGUAGE”THE “LANGUAGE”
PATIENTPATIENT
 ______ LIVING LANGUAGES______ LIVING LANGUAGES
 ____ HAVE LESS THAN 100____ HAVE LESS THAN 100
SPEAKERSSPEAKERS
 EVERY ______ A “LANGUAGEEVERY ______ A “LANGUAGE
DIES”DIES”

8. THE “LANGUAGE”THE “LANGUAGE”
PATIENTPATIENT
 ____ % OF ALL LANGUAGES HAVE____ % OF ALL LANGUAGES HAVE
DIED IN THE LAST 500 YEARS.DIED IN THE LAST 500 YEARS.
 ___ % OF ALL LANGUAGES MAY___ % OF ALL LANGUAGES MAY
DIE THIS CENTURYDIE THIS CENTURY
 ___% OF THE WORLD SPEAK___% OF THE WORLD SPEAK
JUST ___% OF THE LANGUAGESJUST ___% OF THE LANGUAGES

10. DIAGNOSISDIAGNOSIS
 SMALL POPULATION OFSMALL POPULATION OF
SPEAKERSSPEAKERS
 CHILDREN NOT SPEAKINGCHILDREN NOT SPEAKING
THE PARENT’S LANGUGETHE PARENT’S LANGUGE

11. THE ILLNESSTHE ILLNESS
““A language is endangered when its speakersA language is endangered when its speakers
areare using it in fewer and fewerusing it in fewer and fewer
communicativecommunicative
domains and/or are ceasing to pass it ondomains and/or are ceasing to pass it on
fromfrom
one generation to the next. Languageone generation to the next. Language
endangerment may be the result of externalendangerment may be the result of external
developments and policies (whether military,developments and policies (whether military,
economic, religious, cultural, oreconomic, religious, cultural, or
educational), oreducational), or it may be caused by internalit may be caused by internal
factors, such as afactors, such as a community’s negativecommunity’s negative
attitude towards its ownattitude towards its own language.”language.”

12. THE CAUSETHE CAUSE
 GENOCIDEGENOCIDE
 LINGUICIDELINGUICIDE
 NATURAL DISASTERSNATURAL DISASTERS
 LANGUAGE SHIFT /LANGUAGE SHIFT /
POPULATION DRIFTPOPULATION DRIFT
(Displacement)(Displacement)
 SOCIO-ECONOMICSOCIO-ECONOMIC
(POLITICAL)(POLITICAL)

13. IMPORTANT?IMPORTANT?
IF A LANGUAGE FALLS IN THEIF A LANGUAGE FALLS IN THE
FORESTFOREST
DOES SHOULD ANYONE CARE?DOES SHOULD ANYONE CARE?

16. WHY CARE?WHY CARE?
 DIVERSITY OF THEDIVERSITY OF THE
ETHNOSPHEREETHNOSPHERE
 KNOWLEDGEKNOWLEDGE
 IDENTITYIDENTITY
 REPOSITORY OF HISTORYREPOSITORY OF HISTORY
 FUTURE PRESERVATIONFUTURE PRESERVATION

18. THE CURE (language revival)THE CURE (language revival)
POLITICAL EMPOWERMENTPOLITICAL EMPOWERMENT
HUMAN (LANGUAGE) RIGHTSHUMAN (LANGUAGE) RIGHTS
PRESERVATION (UNICODE)PRESERVATION (UNICODE)
CHANGE IN HUMAN “MINDCHANGE IN HUMAN “MIND
SET”SET”

19. Learn a newLearn a new
language and get alanguage and get a
new soul. Czechnew soul. Czech
ProverbProverb

20. There is no such thing asThere is no such thing as
an ugly language. Today Ian ugly language. Today I
hear every language as ifhear every language as if
it were the only one, andit were the only one, and
when I hear of one that iswhen I hear of one that is
dying, it overwhelms medying, it overwhelms me
as though it were theas though it were the
death of the earthdeath of the earth
Elias CanettiElias Canetti

45. Interesting WebsitesInteresting Websites
 http://linguistlist.orghttp://linguistlist.org
 http://thelinguists.comhttp://thelinguists.com
 www.nativevillage.orgwww.nativevillage.org
 www.ethnologue.comwww.ethnologue.com
 Foundation for Endangered languagesFoundation for Endangered languages
 www.ted.comwww.ted.com // www.rosettaproject.orgwww.rosettaproject.org
 www.universe.dailylife.comwww.universe.dailylife.com (Jonathan Harris)(Jonathan Harris)
 http://fsckorea.ning.comhttp://fsckorea.ning.com (additional info.)(additional info.)

46. http://eflclassroom.ning.com