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> Languages don't die; people do.

that's a weird sentiment. it's even hard to respond to, because it's not even clear what your point is. languages dying is a metaphor and not a literal statement. they certainly do "die off". it seems to me that people who speak the language dying would affect the language, but it doesn't address why the language is not passed down to younger generations or other people. the answer to that question is more about the overall culture being removed. language is not just communication. it is a representation of culture. i would imagine that everywhere there is a dying language, there is also a dying culture and not just people dying.




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