The importance of protecting endangered languages
Questions
What are some of the minority languages in your country?
Are you concerned that many languages are “dying”? Why or why not?
Overview
The cause Influence of dominate languages
The effect Loss of cultures and knowledge
The solutions Support language preservation Train linguists Learn languages and appreciate other cultures
Question
Speakers of the Ainu language in Hokkaido, Japan & some parts of Russia
The causes
Example: the Ainu language Today in Japan:
15 Ainu speakers In Japan 15,000
ethnically Ainu people
Government control
In 18th -19th century Japan Ainu people banned from speaking their language “dirty language”
: washed their mouths with soap
Mass media and globalization
To sum up the first point
Loss of languag
es
Direct governmen
t control
Mass Media &
Globalization
2nd point fast forward
3rd point fast forward
Conclusion
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