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August 16, 2005
Dying languages
Every two weeks or so, the last elderly man or woman with full command of a particular language dies.
If language is the tool we use to define our reality, we are therefore losing more than just words - but ways of looking at the world.
David W. Lightfoot is helping to spearhead a government initiative to preserve some of these dying languages, believing each is a window into the human mind that can benefit the world at large.
Posted by miosite at August 16, 2005 9:44 AM