Language Death and Destruction

Ed and Cara discuss what is Language Death. With a language dying about every two weeks, preserving and recording these languages is of the utmost importance. We discuss different ways languages die (Gradual Language Death, Bottom-to-Top Language Death, Sudden Language Death and Radical Language Death). We also discuss dialect stigmatism and standardization in France. @linguisticsever @edwardgiordano @carajoell [email protected] References: Wikitongues: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcMkmEzUE18 Langfocus on Language Death: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3qbYFvOHwk France 24 Video on French Dialect Diversity Death: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO5eq6dOPok Language Magazine article on Mandarin language education: https://www.languagemagazine.com/2020/04/23/tibetan-language-phased-out-as-schools-switch-to-mandarin/ Afrikaans coverage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dolLuO9hM5s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIWKAWxbjWs

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