strategy
Conserving endangered languages
Synonyms:
Conservation of dying languagesProtecting endangered languages
Context:
Experts estimate that almost half of the world's 6000-7000 existing languages are endangered. Implementation:
In the case of UNESCO this involves promoting the collection, recording and preservation of languages in order to build up a sound bank and to disseminate audio-visual materials. Claim:
A people, become poor and enslave, when they are robbed the tongue, left them by their ancestors: they are lost forever. Broader:
Protecting languagesReducing global linguistic attritionRespecting individual language rights Narrower:
Recording dying languages Constrained by:
Denying right of peoples to use their own language Facilitated by:
Advocating use of mother tongueTranscribing language phoneticallyReducing discrimination against minority languages Problems:
Endangered unwritten languagesOrganizations:
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Society for Threatened Peoples International World-Wide Network on Endangered Languages International Clearing House for Endangered Languages Subjects:
Life → DeathSocietal Problems → Protection
Societal Problems → Endangered species
Language → Languages
Conservation → Conservation
Type Classification:
D: Detailed strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
