Endangered Language Personal Response
What is the value of preserving indigenous languages? For example: Consider aboriginal languages with rich vocabularies used to describe the natural world. The loss of a language is not just about losing the language but also the unique arts and cosmologies that come along with it. A language is is an important part of one's society and identity however when it dies out, future generations lose a vital part of their culture which contributes to the understanding of that certain culture. When a language begins to perish, the teachings, customs, and other inherited traditions are threatened as it is no longer being taught to new generations . It helps define and shape our very existence while providing a foundation for our beliefs and practices. For this reason language has become a vulnerable aspect of cultural heritage and the reason why it has become important to preserve it.When considering the example in the question, a language which contained rich vocabularies used to des