Re: OT Associated Press covers endangered languages

li [Padraic Brown] mi tulis la ...

> This says as much about the attitude of the particular tribe as
> anything else. If the people themselves are not interested in keeping
> their traditional language, who are we to force it on them? Or "keep
> the langauge alive" at all? If they don't want to use it, why should
> we be bothered? By all means, if it's still living but moribund,
> record it and preserve it as best as books and recordings can do, but
> let it die naturally. It's no skin off anyone's nose if a people
> reject their ancestral language.

I have to agree here.  From a purely practical standpoint, there
is no point in preserving languages except maybe for historical
reference.  The best thing is to take the languages that are
near extinction, then record and do***ent them as best as can be
done before they go.  Or maybe I should keep my linguistic
heritage alive by reviving Indoeuropean?

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