VANISHING VOICES: A POTENT THREAT TO GLOBAL LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE
1 Department of English, School of Secondary Education, Language Programme, Nasarawa State College of Education, P. M.B 05, Akwanga, Nasarawa State
2 Department of English, School of Secondary, Language Programme, Nasarawa State College of Education, P. M.B 05, Akwanga, Nasarawa State
3 Department of English, School of Secondary, Language Programme, Nasarawa State College of Education, P. M.B 05, Akwanga, Nasarawa Stat
* Corresponding author: omadefuimranaddra@gmail.com
2 Department of English, School of Secondary, Language Programme, Nasarawa State College of Education, P. M.B 05, Akwanga, Nasarawa State
3 Department of English, School of Secondary, Language Programme, Nasarawa State College of Education, P. M.B 05, Akwanga, Nasarawa Stat
* Corresponding author: omadefuimranaddra@gmail.com
Abstract
Language death and cultural disappearance are two sides
of the same coin which are faced with the same
irresistible forces of human migration and homogenisation of world civilisation. Language is endangered
when its speakers cease to speak it or use it in selected
domains. The paper identifies: attitudes, cataclysms,
conflicts, education etc as responsible for this ugly
linguistic scenario and establishes pedestals: roles of
family (speaking), government (advocacy), linguists
(documentation) as well as NGOs (sensitization).
Language does not die alone rather it dies along with its
core values: unique sounds, names of animal and plant in
the said speech community, unique forms of expression,
traditional medicines and herbs, cultural heritage etc are
swept away without trace! The paper concludes that
many factors are responsible for language death and
these could be internal and external. However, putative
measures are suggested to halt this ugly linguistic trend.
Keywords
language
endangered
culture
globalisation and attitude.
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How to Cite
ADDRA, O. I., SALEH, A. J., & SANJAY, A. H. (2021). VANISHING VOICES: A POTENT THREAT TO GLOBAL LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE. Humanity - Jos Journal Of General Studies, 12(1), 150-157. https://doi.org/10.67862/hjjgs.2021.7vq9upyj
O. I. ADDRA, A. J. SALEH, and A. H. SANJAY, "VANISHING VOICES: A POTENT THREAT TO GLOBAL LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE," Humanity - Jos Journal Of General Studies, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 150-157, January 2021. doi: 10.67862/hjjgs.2021.7vq9upyj
