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...world. Their disappearance would imply a loss of the unique world view and existence of each community; an important part of humanity. In this sense, the project recognises the indigenous languages as visions of the world and seeks to avoid their extinction. This is illustrated by the following animation, based on the poem “Cuando muere una lengua” (When a tongue...

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...world? We debate how local languages have suffered as a result of the spread of English and investigate the consequences of its influence on indigenous communities. Language campaigner Neville Alexander provides a South African perspective on the negative aspects of a language when it begins to represent economic and political power and a panel of linguists debate some of...