Should we preserve dying languages?

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Question: Should we preserve dying languages?
Position1 of 2›: Yes, we should preserve dying languages

Languages have cultural, scientific, and personal value. Linguists and speakers of endangered languages should work together to record, preserve, and pass down endangered languages.

Supporting arguments · 3

Language diversity is valuable
Monolingualism and homogeneity are limiting. We should protect endangered local languages because all cultural identities and languages are valuable and contribute to humanity's linguistic diversity.
Preserving languages preserves cultural identities
Local languages represent their speakers' cultural and ethnic identities. The death of a language means the death of a valuable cultural identity.
Languages contain a wealth of knowledge
Languages are more than just a means of communication—they contain a wealth of cultural, historic, and scientific knowledge that can benefit humanity.