Forced migration is a major cause of language extinction. Environmental disasters are driving these displacements in the very regions richest in languages.
Forced migration is a major cause of language extinction. Environmental disasters are driving these displacements in the very regions richest in languages.
The death of a language is also the death of an entire culture, shared wisdom, perspectives and experiences. There is nothing good about it. We should be striving for unity in diversity, and not homogeneity.