Why We Are Endangered Languages?
6500 official languages. 2000 endangered languages. Leaves us with 4500 languages. Language death is occurring at a high rate. What are we doing? Do we care about our future generation? Do we have any values regarding our culture? The answer to all of that is very pessimistic. At this point of life, we give absolutely zero attention towards the death of the languages. We think that the languages that are vanishing do not matter, that is why they are dying, so why should we fight the tide? Well, I bet we all know the language Hebrew, right? It was an endangered language, and right now more than 5 million people are fluent in Hebrew. Hebrew was dying, however it was saved by the Israelis, who showed pure dedication and commitment in saving the
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One global language, so everyone can communicate, so no one is segregated? Well, that is a good point, however there are many reasons why everyone shouldn’t communicate in one language. First of all, everyone will forget their roots, where they belong, where they come from. My cousin, who was 12 years old, lived in India and moved to the US with his parents he couldn’t speak English, he only spoke Hindi. However when he went to the US a couple of years later, he started catching up on his speaking skills in English and a few years later, he was completely fluent in English. That’s good, however he forgot most of his Hindi. He forgot how to write, he forgot how to speak, he could only understand Hindi. It shows how he forgot about his mother tongue and forgot from what culture he belongs, there’s so much more to Hindi, than just the language …show more content…
There would be no way of communication, and you would be dumb, you wouldn’t be able to know your past, your future, yourself. Millions of people only speak one language, and they vary from each other. Imagine, English being extinct, again, we would lose a vast heritage, a culture, and most of us won’t be even able to communicate, but don’t worry, English won’t be extinct. Well, any time soon. Some of the dying languages right now such as, the “South Italian” language, that more than 7500000 people speak, Sicilian, that more than 5000000 people speak. What language are they going to speak, once their language becomes extinct. Will they walk around without speaking, without communication, in a such a fast word? There are many languages that are endangered, and it’s our responsibility to save them, if we do not then we will lose, a huge factor of communication, of diversity, of multiformity. Before we regret our decisions in the future, let’s do something now, and let’s save these languages, let’s save
One global language, so everyone can communicate, so no one is segregated? Well, that is a good point, however there are many reasons why everyone shouldn’t communicate in one language. First of all, everyone will forget their roots, where they belong, where they come from. My cousin, who was 12 years old, lived in India and moved to the US with his parents he couldn’t speak English, he only spoke Hindi. However when he went to the US a couple of years later, he started catching up on his speaking skills in English and a few years later, he was completely fluent in English. That’s good, however he forgot most of his Hindi. He forgot how to write, he forgot how to speak, he could only understand Hindi. It shows how he forgot about his mother tongue and forgot from what culture he belongs, there’s so much more to Hindi, than just the language …show more content…
There would be no way of communication, and you would be dumb, you wouldn’t be able to know your past, your future, yourself. Millions of people only speak one language, and they vary from each other. Imagine, English being extinct, again, we would lose a vast heritage, a culture, and most of us won’t be even able to communicate, but don’t worry, English won’t be extinct. Well, any time soon. Some of the dying languages right now such as, the “South Italian” language, that more than 7500000 people speak, Sicilian, that more than 5000000 people speak. What language are they going to speak, once their language becomes extinct. Will they walk around without speaking, without communication, in a such a fast word? There are many languages that are endangered, and it’s our responsibility to save them, if we do not then we will lose, a huge factor of communication, of diversity, of multiformity. Before we regret our decisions in the future, let’s do something now, and let’s save these languages, let’s save