Revitalizing languages 
Nguyen Phuong Anh
‘The key to revitalizing a language is by motivating a new generation of speakers.’
A language often defines and represents a nation or a culture. Preserving a language is as important as preserving a culture and history. The languages’ uniqueness is what make a culture stands out from the others. For certain languages, through historical events, have been lost. I think it is so important to revitalize these indigenous languages, as to let people know, such a culture had existed before.
Revitalizing indigenous languages through new generation of speakers is probably the key for the indigenous languages to reborn. Studying something new, especially a new language is certainly easier for young people. They are young and usually quicker at learning and memorizing new things. For example, kids that can speak fluently more than one language usually have access to a second language very early in their life. So letting young people learn the indigenous language is one of the good ways to revitalize languages that are being forgotten.
Young speakers can help promoting a language easier. When young speakers learn about an indigenous language and the importance to revitalize those languages, they can promote it. Young people can promote a language through their friends, through communications or through campaigns. Furthermore, as young people have access to social networks, loss languages can become well known again through social media, as people share posts, spreading the words.
There are multiple ways on how to revitalize a language. The main thing is to let people know why is it so important to revitalize those languages. People will then understand that revitalizing a language is the same as helping one to preserve their culture and their identity.
‘The key to revitalizing a language is by motivating a new generation of speakers.’
A language often defines and represents a nation or a culture. Preserving a language is as important as preserving a culture and history. The languages’ uniqueness is what make a culture stands out from the others. For certain languages, through historical events, have been lost. I think it is so important to revitalize these indigenous languages, as to let people know, such a culture had existed before.
Revitalizing indigenous languages through new generation of speakers is probably the key for the indigenous languages to reborn. Studying something new, especially a new language is certainly easier for young people. They are young and usually quicker at learning and memorizing new things. For example, kids that can speak fluently more than one language usually have access to a second language very early in their life. So letting young people learn the indigenous language is one of the good ways to revitalize languages that are being forgotten.
Young speakers can help promoting a language easier. When young speakers learn about an indigenous language and the importance to revitalize those languages, they can promote it. Young people can promote a language through their friends, through communications or through campaigns. Furthermore, as young people have access to social networks, loss languages can become well known again through social media, as people share posts, spreading the words.
There are multiple ways on how to revitalize a language. The main thing is to let people know why is it so important to revitalize those languages. People will then understand that revitalizing a language is the same as helping one to preserve their culture and their identity.