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Caryl Swift
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May 11

I know this is nothing new, but I thought people might like to see it:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/10/what-happens-when-we-lose-a-language?CMP=share_btn_url

Happy reading!

Maria Laura Curzi
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Daniel Frisano
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Could this trend be reversed? Or at least mitigated? May 11

Nothing new indeed, and so sad. Whenever a language disappears, a whole culture is lost. And it happens all the time, with dozens of languages gone each year.

So let's celebrate people like Marie Wilcox:
https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article254851952.html... See more
Nothing new indeed, and so sad. Whenever a language disappears, a whole culture is lost. And it happens all the time, with dozens of languages gone each year.

So let's celebrate people like Marie Wilcox:
https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article254851952.html

or Katrina Esau:
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/92-year-olds-journey-to-save-south-africas-endangered-language/news ▲ Collapse


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Rodolfo Abachi
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Language loss is irreversible — every effort matters May 12

Thanks for sharing this article. The topic of language loss is deeply connected to our work as translators and language professionals — we are, in a sense, guardians of linguistic and cultural heritage.

What strikes me most is that when a language disappears, it's not just the words that are lost, but entire ways of categorizing and making sense of the world. Many languages encode knowledge about ecosystems, medical plants, social structures, and cosmologies that exist nowhere els... See more
Thanks for sharing this article. The topic of language loss is deeply connected to our work as translators and language professionals — we are, in a sense, guardians of linguistic and cultural heritage.

What strikes me most is that when a language disappears, it's not just the words that are lost, but entire ways of categorizing and making sense of the world. Many languages encode knowledge about ecosystems, medical plants, social structures, and cosmologies that exist nowhere else.

The mention of Marie Wilcox is inspiring — one person with the will to document and revitalize their native language. While we can't stop globalization, efforts like hers, along with digital archiving, immersion schools, and community programs, have shown that revitalization is possible.

As translators, we can also do our small part by taking on work that involves minority and endangered languages whenever possible. ▲ Collapse
 
Daniel Frisano
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And then... May 14

... at the opposite end of the spectrum there's my own mother, who stopped speaking her native Trevisan dialect with her mother because she was afraid it would confuse us kids.

To think that I could have been a native trilingual: Friulian with my parents and friends, Trevisan with my grandmother, Italian at school. Sigh...
 


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