When languages die, we lose a part of who we are

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Source: theconversation.com/when-languages-die-we-lose-a-part-of-who-we-are-51825
All languages are used to record some part of our human experience. Whenever we lose one of them, we lose not only something that was once a vibrant active part of the world, but we also lose access to any stories in that language which are an essential connection to our past.
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