http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/enduring-voices/
There is a project called the Enduring Voices Project. The purpose of this project is to help save and keep a record of dying languages. They keep records of the languages online in what they call "Talking Dictionaries." Here is a link to some. http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/enduring-voices/talking-dictionaries/
These Talking Dictionaries are records of the the words, writing systems, and pronunciations of the languages.
I think that this project is a worthwhile one. Even if it cant keep the languages being used, It still preserves them so they don't disappear entirely. Whenever a language is lost, a culture is also lost. There are languages that have words for things that we don't have in any other known languages. As the website states, some of the languages are used by people who have been living in secluded places for thousands of years. They will know so much more about the nature around them than any other culture, and therefore, their language would incorporate those things in ways that other languages can't. Not only will this give us a better understanding of their culture, it will also give scientists a better understanding of the undocumented nature in those parts of the world. It will also help better their understanding of how the brain works.
I think that if anyone reading this blog knows a person who knows a dying language, you should encourage them to contact this organization.
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