Noah Tesch Why Do Language Die Analysis

The article “Why Do Language Die?” by Noah Tesch reminds me a conversation that I had with a Cherokee when I visited a Cherokee preservation festival several years ago. The young man I have talked with had told me that they are demanded from the government to adapt the endangered Cherokee culture into their everyday lives, which include their younger generations to learn Cherokee languages along with English. Languages are not only a way to communicate, they also represent different cultural identity and the extent of human diversity. Some people consider language loss alike to specie loss in a way of idea mislay and therefore should be kept spoken and constantly changed over time. The conservation of languages is necessary, however, without …show more content…
Corresponding to the fact that the environment is a factor to the language preservation by using the old method, these new implements may help to compensate this flaw. Additionally, since this is accessible to every part of the world at any time periods, it allows more efficiency in learning the language by give access to those who value and have desires to learn it. “So speaking that language is key to accessing jobs, education and opportunities,” as Rachel Nuwer mentions in “Languages: Why We Must Save Dying Tongues,” languages are an important factor for parents considering the future of their children. Especially for those used in less developed countries, some parents perceive their heritage language as “a potential hindrance to their (children’s) success in life” therefore they do not want their children to learn it (Nuwer, “Languages: Why We Must Save Dying Tongues”). Enthusiasm allows better learning. For this reason, if languages are publicly opened to people around the world, public can learn the languages with more efficiently while children can focus to