2. Questions
What are some of the minority languages
in your country?
Are you concerned that many languages
are “dying”?
Why or why not?
3. Overview
The cause
Influence of dominate languages
The effect
Loss of cultures and knowledge
The solutions
Support language preservation
Train linguists
Learn languages and appreciate other cultures
5. The causes
Example: the Ainu
language
Today in Japan: 15
Ainu speakers
In Japan 15,000
ethnically Ainu
people
6. Government control
In 18th -19th century Japan
Ainu people banned from speaking their language
“dirty language”
: washed their mouths with soap