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(05-21-2018 11:44 PM)puckerman Wrote:  

There are over 80 indigenous languages in Perú and over 200 in Brazil. Those are definitely on their last legs. Most of the people there realize their languages don't hold much economic progress. So, the indigenous Peruvians are learning Spanish. Most of those languages are in trouble.

Good map, I didn't know that there were still so many different indigenous languages in Peru and Brazil. if holding on to their languages held economic value, than the people would hold on to them. It's because Spanish and Brazil hold economic value that they learn those languages.

I can't say that I blame them, but they are losing a bit of their past and identity by not knowing their language. But like Dalaran said on the last page, our brains can only hold so much information and at some point it's just better to cut ties with old mother tongues if they're not providing much personal, spiritual or economic value to you anymore.

[BlueMark]

Whatever happens to most of the minority / indigenous languages of the world, here's one that won't die off anytime soon. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentinelese_language

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Sentinelese is the presumed language of the Sentinelese of North Sentinel Island in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Due to the lack of contact between the Sentinelese people and the rest of the world for the past three centuries, nothing is known of their language.[4] There is no way to know the vitality of Sentinel as the people do not allow outsiders onto the island and are very hostile towards them.

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(07-28-2018 02:54 PM)BlueMark Wrote:  

Whatever happens to most of the minority / indigenous languages of the world, here's one that won't die off anytime soon. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentinelese_language

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Sentinelese is the presumed language of the Sentinelese of North Sentinel Island in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Due to the lack of contact between the Sentinelese people and the rest of the world for the past three centuries, nothing is known of their language.[4] There is no way to know the vitality of Sentinel as the people do not allow outsiders onto the island and are very hostile towards them.

I heard about these people before, good stuff BlueMark!

Let them live how they want to live. They're not bothering anybody, are self sufficient, do not depend on anybody else, do not go to war.......In short, they just want to be left the hell alone to do as they please. I respect that about them and I hope that humanity has the decency to abide by this tribes wishes to be left the hell alone.

It's pretty cool that there's at least one place in the world that hasn't been touched or affected by the modern banking system or any type of modernity. For all the advantages that modern conveniences, civilization and social structure bring, I would bet my bottom dollar that this tribe on that island has a better sense of community, bonding and human connection than 99% of the 7.5 billion people living on the planet will ever know.

Good luck to this tribe, I wish them the best. If humanity has any decency in us, these people will be left the hell alone to live as they please.

[Mage]

(07-29-2018 12:21 AM)Contagion Wrote:  

Good luck to this tribe, I wish them the best. If humanity has any decency in us, these people will be left the hell alone to live as they please.

Bbbbut what about Babtism and saving those poor souls from eternal hellfire? What about muh Democracy? How can you sleep at night not knowing if their leader is elected with input from the whole tribe including women? What about muh education? Don't you worry about their women having access to education? Birth control? Family planning services?