A dead language, that-is, which ceased to be a spoken language. andsurvives only in written monuments or in artificial used, e.g., as lang.worship and sacred books, or, as lang. scientists essays, or as theofficial language. in its international relations.Our planet'ssix thousand languages, some say hundreds of millions of people, on theother — several dozens of one tribe, but all of them are valuable forlinguists. Diversity is the wealth that should make all possible to keepand treat it with as much care as and to the endangered animals andplants. And languages die. According to experts, from twenty to fiftypercent languages doomed to extinction, children do not learn them andthey will perish in the following century.One of the reasons forthis tragic situation — the rapid development of transport andtelecommunications. To actively participate in the rapid processes oftoday, we have to learn languages, which are spoken by most. They arespoken by radio and TV, exit of the most interesting books, Newspapersand magazines, communicates science and much more. Small Nations withtheir tongues simply have to forget his speech and culture, and includedin the global process. So were forgotten in the beginning of thecentury dozens of languages of American Indians.This rapid deathof a large number of languages will inevitably affect linguistics as ascience, and not only in linguistics and to the culture in General. Anylanguage keeps a memory of the Millennium development of the people.There are thousands of examples of how the study of languages helpedscientists to understand the unknown aspects of history. The Australianaborigines, for example, the language spoken by young men a few yearsafter initiation. A stunning example of how people with a rather lowdevelopment can create such a sophisticated intellectual product. Thislanguage as soon disappear… Languages die too
