Linguists estimate that of the approximately 6, 500 languages worldwide, about one-third are endangered or extinction. According to some linguists, the estimated is one language lost every few weeks. If this sounds like the world is losing a species, in a way, it is.
When a language is lost——meaning no living person can teach another— is lost. Some foreign language expressions simply cannot be translated. Conversational phrases usually reflect a culture. For example, aboriginal languages in Canada and Australia have words that reflect a way of life that the environment. Words can encompass whole situations of time and landscape that an English speaker's experience. In
Algonquian languages, the grammatical first person is "you" —so the listener comes first.
These views learn more about the human and the natural world. Botanists have discovered new species of plants after examining the meaning of Aboriginal names of flora that . Archaeologists are using languages to historical cultures.
Languages are much like living creatures that become endangered when numbers die down . Local natural disasters, war, and famine are some of the reasons languages slip through . Some languages may not have been passed on to children because of forced cultural suppression. Linguistic communities can show resilience when is restored to them such that elders are heard and youth can continue to speak.
