《Languageextinctions》语言的消亡.pptxVIP

Language Extinctions BBC NEWS—— Transcript This is Upper Tanana. Its spoken by fewer than 25 people in Alaska and may soon vanish. Scientists say that regions like this in North America, as well as areas in Europe and Australia are now hotspots for language extinctions. A study shows that the more successful a country is economically, the more rapidly minority tongues are lost, as one national language comes to dominate educational and political systems. The team also found that languages in the Himalayas could be at risk, such as Bahing in Nepal which has less than ten speakers. And some found in the tropics are also disappearing. Rapid economic growth in these regions is thought to be driving this loss. The scientists say that greater protection is needed. Key words: language, vanish, economic growth My Views David Crystal is a British linguist, academic and author, a leading commentator and popular writer on language issues. In his book “Language Death” he said:”The rapid endangerment and death of many minority languages across the world is a matter of widespread concern, not only among linguists and anthropologists but among all concerned with issues of cultural identity in an increasingly globalized culture. By some counts, only 600 of the 6,000 or so languages in the world are safe from the threat of extinction.” My Views It has been an obvious trend that we make little of the learning and inheritance of languages and cultures of our own country or of the world with the rapid development of economy and advancement of modern technology. There are so many temptations in this modern and fast-paced world that many of us are jellyfish that flop through life. My Views David Crystal also said in his book that when English increases its popularity around the world, many minority languages are vanishing from this world. This will be the most serious disaster in the world. My Views However, the current situation is far away from his hypothesis. Because very many of