What a delightfully strange language. I'm a staunch believer in at least a "mild" form of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis meaning that I believe that the languages we use shape how we structure reality, and I think that languages are integral parts of cultures. Small languages dying out can't help but affect the culture they came from.
I think Linguistic Anthropologist would agree. One of the first things I learned in the field was the relationship between language, culture, and thought; how all three influence each other and create our individual perspectives of reality. Even a dying language can affect the culture and thoughts of their speakers. Truly fascinating stuff, i love it
What a delightfully strange language. I'm a staunch believer in at least a "mild" form of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis meaning that I believe that the languages we use shape how we structure reality, and I think that languages are integral parts of cultures. Small languages dying out can't help but affect the culture they came from.
I think Linguistic Anthropologist would agree. One of the first things I learned in the field was the relationship between language, culture, and thought; how all three influence each other and create our individual perspectives of reality. Even a dying language can affect the culture and thoughts of their speakers. Truly fascinating stuff, i love it