700 Reasons: Reason #318

Reason: 318
The desire to know about our ancestry is a universal inclination - but it takes a language to satisfy it. And, once a language is lost, the links with our past are gone - we are, in effect, alone
Reference:
Crystal, D. (2000) Language Death (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press)
Related Keywords:
Diversity, Historical dimension, Less Widely Used and Lesser Taught (LWULT) Languages

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