I have a different take. Currently we rely on humans passing the language on from one generation to another. A language model fine tuned with that language will

I have a different take. Currently we rely on humans passing the language on from one generation to another. A language model fine tuned with that language will preserve a “living” speaker of the language in its idiomatic form forever. This isn’t the crushing of a language, it’s the preservation that a simple book of grammar and vocabulary can’t possibly do. Instead of gnashing our teeth and tearing our hair, why don’t we enlist technology to help us with our problems? If you’re someone passionate about preserving a language, compile the language samples and bring in speakers to label and help train a model that can perpetuate the language as it’s idiomatically used forever.