If we thoroughly understood linguistics so well we could create new languages that encompass the unique characteristics of extinct and soon to be extinct languages, then they're not worth saving.
Since the above conditional is false, it stands to reason that attempting to preserve/archive some of the near extinct languages would further assist our understanding of linguistics at a future date.
As with everything, it depends.
I prefer to keep some things rather than lose all of it and then discover it could've been useful or contributed to our knowledge base.
Since the above conditional is false, it stands to reason that attempting to preserve/archive some of the near extinct languages would further assist our understanding of linguistics at a future date.
As with everything, it depends.
I prefer to keep some things rather than lose all of it and then discover it could've been useful or contributed to our knowledge base.
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