Languages

Does losing a language mean losing part of humanitys knowledge?

For

Language holds unique stories, history, and worldview.

Against

Knowledge can be translated and passed on in other languages.

Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.

For

  • Every language tells something about about being human:
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  • when a language dies a MASSIVE part of the culture dies.
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Against

  • Language revitalization efforts are cool but ultimately not as important as people make them out to be.
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  • In the modern world, when a language dies their culture probably doesn't die out with them.
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