Languages are precious. I weep for the rate we're losing them.
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- Elizabeth Barrette (
ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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Top 10 Endangered Languages
Languages are precious. I weep for the rate we're losing them.
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak
I saw a rose-breasted grosbeak on the hopper feeder. I don't think I've seen one in summer before. They usually appear in spring. We had some for…
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Birdfeeding
Today is mostly sunny, muggy, and warm. I fed the birds. I've seen house finches. I took a few pictures in the yard. EDIT 7/4/21 -- I picked half…
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Birdfeeding
Today is sunny and mild. I fed the birds. I've seen house finches and sparrows. I raked the firepit and laid a chimney of sticks in it. We broke up…
March 8 2009, 04:53:38 UTC 12 years ago
Interesting fact: the last language in the list, Ket, spoken near the Yenisei River in Siberia, has very recently been shown to be distantly related to the Athabaskan languages of North America (such as Navajo). This was the first time any Native American language family has been connected to a language of the Old World. The time-depth of their separation is so tremendously long that they are not mutually intelligible, but an Alaskan scholar who had studied the history of both language groups was able to spot the almost-vanished correlations. So that's another reason to preserve languages: they hold history in their words.
March 8 2009, 17:56:20 UTC 12 years ago
I agree with your observations about how languages preserve history.