"Are dying languages worth saving?"

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faoileag
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"Are dying languages worth saving?"

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"Why should endangered languages be saved? Delegates at the Trinity College Carmarthen conference explain - using nine different languages" - but there are, according to the article, many voices against it, some prominent (academic) ones.

Article and video


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11304255


And the usual comments, which always make interesting reading.

Tha mi duich nach bi ùine agam a bhith ga eadar-theangachadh... tha mi aig an obair! :spors:
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Re: "Are dying languages worth saving?"

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OK, le coimhead air an stuth BBC, tha mi a' creidsinn nach mheòraich iad (gu h-àraidh Malik is Howard) air a' mheud airgid a chosgar air na cànanan nach eil a' crìonadh. Dè thachradh, canamaid, don Bheurla mura rachadh a cleachdadh mar mheadhan foghlaim? No Spàinnis, Gearmailtis amsaa?

Tha mac agam a tha ag ionnsachadh Gearmailtis an-dràsta - agus mise 's a mhàthair gun fhacal dhith. An e droch chùis a tha seo? "Glasgow Experiment": dè th' ann? Agus tha sgoiltean an seo am Fìobha a tha a' teagasg Làideann! Tha mi duilich, agus cha ghabh mi ris an argamaid seo.
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