⟳ Репост от Simon J. Greenhill
The arguments against language reclamation haven't changed much in the nearly 20 years I've been working in this field: "It costs too much." "People are choosing to abandon their languages, so let them." "They have no practical use." "It's just sentimental nostalgia." Fuck All That, a thread:
Sometimes It’s O.K. to Let a Language DieWhen cultural preservation comes at the expense of speakers’ decisions, sometimes it's O.K. to let a language die.www.newyorker.com