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I'd say it's roughly equivalent to the value of preserving any cultural artifact--a language, a musical tradition, holidays, folklore, religions, ancient martia
by mikelevins 4y ago
I'd say it's roughly equivalent to the value of preserving any cultural artifact--a language, a musical tradition, holidays, folklore, religions, ancient martial traditions, and so on.
Languages are cultural artifacts that contain within them other ancient cultural artifacts. When we lose a language, we lose those artifacts.
Everyone doesn't care about old cultural artifacts, but, luckily for those of us who do, there are enough of us to keep many of them alive.
- Hnrobert42 4y agoI have been touring Europe the past few months. I have seen a lot of preserved artifacts. They are fascinating, and I am grateful they have been preserved. Is a living language, the same? Last night, I overheard white people speaking what sounded like Chinese or a tonal language. Listening closer, it was not an Asian language I’m familiar with. It made me very curious. So, I guess, yes. Living languages can be fascinating in the same way as physical artifacts.