Here is the place where I am to ramble about life and love and languages. You'll probably encounter some quasi-anthropological ranting and a lot of wanderlust. I do try not to be too emo, and occasionally throw in things of worldly interest, so stop by and read if you have a few minutes. :)
September 03, 2008
Faroese
I didn't make this video, but I enjoyed it very much. :) Firstly it was interesting to learn a bit about Faroese, and the text chosen was so appropriate. The last line really affected me. Of course, for Americans as well as for Englishmen, our vernacular seems very safe. But in a way I've made it one of the points of my life to understand these people with the fading languages. I've taken the easy way out, in a way, or at least a moderate approach... those languages with 3 or 4 or even 100 speakers I don't think much about.
Those I do concern myself with are the languages with a good chance to survive (some printed material, a few thousand speakers), but are still in danger of falling off the face of the planet. :(
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