“Endangered languages should be saved” Many languages are at the danger of disappearance. The reason of their extinction could be the decrease in a number of people speaking that language. A 85% of 6000 languages appear to be spoken in 25 countries (NOW 2000). Language extinction is caused by external and internal factors. Internal forces such as community’s negative behaviour to mother language, or simply decrease in the number of speakers are mainly derived from factors such as military, economic, religious and cultural issues (Brenzinger, Graaf). Many people claim that administration ought to support endangered languages by funding programmes that are dedicated to preserve these languages. But some argue that saving languages at The disappearance of a language leads to death of the nation. Language is called dead when there is no longer speakers of that language exist. Experience accumulated through the centuries, skills that are passed from father to son and value that made up from the synergy that was created among native speaker all of these could be buried with the last speaker of any endangered language. Human being can loss its valuable attribute (language) as did with endangered animals. These are things that cannot be bought with money afterwards. Fair treatment to every citizen could be another reason of saving and supporting endangered languages. At the peak of the civilization countries should take care of their citizens rights and support their freedom and ethnical identity. Because every citizen is the member of a community, pays taxes and contributes to the wellbeing and safety of his home country. Therefore government should pursue the objective of sustainable development treating all ethnical minorities’ languages fairly and providing necessary conditions such as funding schools, supporting political views and providing opportunities to speakers of a particular language. In conclusion I want to add that if the society is in a pursue of the short term goals such as being efficient by cutting costs, make life a bit easier by shrinking the number of language that society certainly should consider improving only dominant language and diminish the usage of
Prof: Gail August Title: Endangered Language Date: march. 31 2015 Part #1 Introduction Children influence is so deep that when they shift also their families’ .for this reason many native languages eventually are going to disappear.it been predicted that about 5,000 languages will die out by 2050. Kids are good learning languages and, also eager to communicate with the majority language. Many reason come in play when the shift…
Language is the most complex form of communication used by all species. Language is what all humans have in common despite their culture or beliefs. It is a device used for all communication whether written, verbal, expressive or gestured. As humans have developed and migrated languages have become more complex and shared. With more than 6,000 languages accounted for today that number is decreasing at a faster rate then animal extinction. Indigenous languages are in danger greatly due to many factors…
centuries, languages have been evolved and broken down from culture to culture. This is one of the aspects that gives a cultural group an identity. Surely, many individuals and nations from different cultures want to be distinct and have their own individual identity apart from other nations. If languages are the same around the world, this links to forcing cultural groups to adapt to different cultures which may be immoral in a sense. It could also mean losing their ethnicity. Languages are what preserve…
Persuasive Brochure Language death—facing it, caring it and addressing it What we care Half of 7000 plus languages in the world is dying right in this moment, including both indigenous languages spread in small ethic groups and dialects used within some certain communities. These endangered languages are in both written form and oral form, but mostly in the latter one. However, the even worse thing is that the phenomenon of language death is increasing in an accelerating rate due to the rapid globalization…
detailed thematic unit on “World Environment Day”. Explain with examples of activities how you will incorporate teaching to Multiple Intelligences in the areas of science, math, and language arts. Class: Science Level: 1st-5th grade Topic: World Environment Day Standard: Learn about the recycling process, endangered species, and how they can help the environment. Objectives: to make them more conscious about the environment and how if we change certain habit we can help conserve our world in…
Language and Society 10/13/13 MIDTERM EXAM The difference between language and dialect is that a language is more vast than a dialect. That is because dialects come from a language , like a division of a language. People speak more of a language than dialect because most dialects are sectional, so most of the population will speak a language. Languages are in a right or correct form , you would most likely see them on documents than dialects which are mostly spoken because they are seen…
humans. I observed them using their hand to peel bananas, use hands and feet to swing, open doors and even had a water faucet sticking out of the wall with a button that they pressed to drink water. I also got a chance to see a chimp using sign language. This particular chimp in his early life was on TV and commercials, can walk upright, and was harmless. His owner decided to part ways due to the chimp’s age and turned him over to the research facility. They can also distinguished between different…
excessively low reproductive rate which certainly contributes to their endangerment. It is estimated that Bornean Orangutans have a population of 41,000 individuals which qualifies them being endangered while Sumatran Orangutans' populace consists of a meager 7,500 which is considered critically endangered. Characteristically, Orangutans have a common ape-like build, shaggy reddish-brown fur and highly functional arms and legs. Widely regarded as the largest tree faring mammal, they are equipped…
AMERICAN REFLECTION PAPER The native American Indians are indigenous people to this country are slowly fading away. Lack of sensitivity to their culture and their point of view of Americans is slowly witling away at their languages and culture. Many languages have disappeared and some others are at the brink of extinction, with only one or two tribal members still speaking their native tong. Such is compounded by mainstream American culture’s continued reinforcement of incorrect stereotypes…
countries of Kenya, South Africa, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is incorrectly assumed by many people that the white rhinoceros is actually the color white. Instead, the white rhinoceros is actually a gray color and its name comes from the language Afrikaans. The Afrikaans word “weit” translates to “wide” in English and refers to the white rhinoceroses wide, or square shaped lips. The white rhino is not only the largest species of rhinoceros in the world; it is one of the largest land animals…
