"Every time another tribe becomes extinct and their language dies, another way of life and another way of understanding the world disappears forever. Even if it has been painstakingly studied and recorded, a language without a people to speak it means little. A language can only live if its people live, and if today's uncontacted tribes are to have a future, we must respect their right to choose their own way of life."

Source : "An Indigenous Language Dies ‘Once Every Two Weeks’". www.survivalinternational.org. February 20, 2008.

Stephen Corry

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