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Views : 940,345
Genre: Education
Date of upload: Jul 11, 2024 ^^
Rating : 4.919 (1,634/78,623 LTDR)
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RYD date created : 2024-08-02T07:12:34.475824Z
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Before I started learning Scottish Gaelic, I always wondered why so many of our mountain names here in Scotland start with βBenβ. I eventually learned it comes from Gaelic βbeinnβ, meaning mountain, and I thought it was really interesting how even anglicised names can tell you a lot about different locations. I imagine itβs similar in the Americas, where a lot of place names have Indigenous origins.
I think endangered languages should be preserved for the cultural aspect alone, but there are practical reasons to learn an endangered language.
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The reason for that extinction is practicality.
I live in Indonesia, very close to my place now, we at least have 4 languages. But mostly used 1 major native language that everyone knows. Because it would be hard to talk to a neighboring village if everyone uses their own languages, so we pick either the easiest or biggest city language.
And also the only language book available and teaches to students is Bahasa Indonesia and 1 other major native language in the area. Other small/local languages usually have not been made into books yet.
And with ease of internet access and parents use Bahasa Indonesia with their kids, young people usually can't use their local language.
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When I thought about it, really itβs more than just losing words. Sayings, description of feelings, a whole different way of making sentences and pretty much so many things. If you thought about it for a while you get the idea, I have a lot of things in my mind that goes well with this example but itβs 4 am in the morning and Iβm too tired and Iβm
so mesmerized by the thing, I actually stopped my scrolling section and came here to write this down. Write this paragraph. Because it really made me think about it.
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@kurzgesagt
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One fun fact that didn't make it into the video: The inhabitants of La Gomera in the Canary Islands use a form of communication based on whistles to bridge long distances of several kilometers across valleys and ravines, called El Silbo.
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