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What happens when the world loses another language?

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By Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown February 23, 2017 - 9:33am

Monday, Feb. 21, was World Mother Language Day. ANTH 354 students will find this article from Smithsonion.com very interesting. It warns us about what is lost whenever a language dies.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/four-things-happen-when-language-dies-and-one-thing-you-can-do-help-180962188/

Another great source on this and related topics is the book "Light at the Edge of the World" by Canadian anthropologist Wade Davis: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/light-at-the-edge-of-the-world/id382409685?mt=11