{"id":415,"date":"2009-07-27T12:34:32","date_gmt":"2009-07-27T10:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/?page_id=415"},"modified":"2015-09-27T21:12:14","modified_gmt":"2015-09-27T19:12:14","slug":"why-save-the-world-s-languages","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/why-save-the-world-s-languages\/","title":{"rendered":"Why all languages are important"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n\n\n
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The editorial of Rozenn Milin
\nDirector of Sorosoro<\/h5>\n

\"RozennSome may say \u201ca website on endangered languages across the globe, what a strange idea!\u201d At a time when the trend is to learn English, Chinese or Arabic, worrying about those \u201csmall\u201d languages from far away lands and cultures may seem futile\u2026
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\nTo these people, our response would be:
\nWhy think \u201cmonolingual\u201d, when human beings have the ability to master several languages?
\nWhy limit our minds to our own horizons while the rest of the world has so much to teach us?
\nWhy settle for the most common mindset when we would gain so much by opening ourselves to the differences that others have to offer us?<\/p>\n

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The issues of linguistic diversity<\/h5>\n

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How languages can help save knowledge<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

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Languages for successful learning<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

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How languages help development<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

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How languages can help restore dignity<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

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Languages and peace<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

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Languages are as valuable as tangible heritage<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
\nIn many places around the world, especially those that are geographical, commercial or cultural crossroads numerous languages of all sorts are often spoken side-by-side without causing the slightest problem. People in these areas are often as at ease with French, English or Spanish, as they are with Yoruba, Gbari, Shina or Burushaski. Indeed, all of this linguistic variety is not at all incompatible: one may communicate in widely spoken languages while continuing to take an interest in less widespread ones.
\nWhat is actually at stake here is diversity, and the writer Victor S\u00e9galen\u2019s phrase, highlghted on the banner of our website, states it quite simply: when diversity shrinks, so does humanity.
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\nIf one day the world came to speak but one single language, eat the same type of food, dress in the same manner, and think the same way, it would then offer but one cultural model \u2014 and we would mourn the corresponding loss of diversity.
\nLet\u2019s make sure this doesn\u2019t happen!<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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