The Mystery of Lost Languages
Every language that disappears takes with it an invisible library : ecological knowledge, founding stories, ways of loving, healing, teaching and naming the world. The Mystery of Lost Languages explores one of the major cultural challenges of the twenty-first century : why more than 3,000 languages are endangered today, and how some communities still manage to bring theirs back to life.
Based on recent and reliable sources - UNESCO, UN DESA, Ethnologue, Nature, Royal Society Open Science and 2024-2025 revitalization programs - this mini-book explains the mechanisms of language loss : broken family transmission, school domination, urbanization, climate migration, digital marginalization and the risks linked to artificial intelligence.
Clear, documented and compelling, this title offers a concise synthesis to understand what humanity loses when a language falls silent - and what can still be saved. Discover an essential book for rethinking linguistic diversity as a resource for the future.
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Based on recent and reliable sources - UNESCO, UN DESA, Ethnologue, Nature, Royal Society Open Science and 2024-2025 revitalization programs - this mini-book explains the mechanisms of language loss : broken family transmission, school domination, urbanization, climate migration, digital marginalization and the risks linked to artificial intelligence.
Clear, documented and compelling, this title offers a concise synthesis to understand what humanity loses when a language falls silent - and what can still be saved. Discover an essential book for rethinking linguistic diversity as a resource for the future.
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