The words we use to talk about nature are disappearing. Here’s why that matters. We’ll need to do more than ‘touch grass’ to revive them.

🌿 As nature fades, so do the words we use to describe it. Languages worldwide are losing biodiversity-related terms, threatening cultural identity and ecological awareness. Saving nature means saving language too. 📚🌎
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#LanguageLoss #NatureWords #CulturalHeritage

The Words Humans Use to Describe Nature Are Vanishing, Study Finds Our own silent spring.

The Words Humans Use to Describe Nature Are Vanishing, Study Finds #Science #Culture #LanguageLoss #Nature #CulturalHeritage

Three Languages on the Brink of Extinction Languages are more than just communication tools—they're vessels of cultural knowledge, history, and unique worldviews.

When a language dies, centuries of ecological wisdom vanish too. Explore ‘Three Languages on the Brink of Extinction’ on @AtomicScribe and help keep their stories alive. #CulturalHeritage #LanguageLoss atomicscribe.com/three-langua...

The city of 700 languages New York is the most linguistically diverse city on the planet. Can it stay that way?

#CityOf700Languages

#NewYork is the most linguistically diverse city on the planet

Given accelerating #LanguageLoss even in the #languages’ homelands, threats to #immigration, & the rising costs of city life, #time may be running out

#EndangeredLanguages
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🌟 New publication !

Congratulations to Wieteke Windrich, PhD candidate in SMLLC at @maynoothuniversity.ie on her insightful @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social article on first language loss and multilingualism.

Read it here 👉https://shorturl.at/69wpW

#PhDResearch #LanguageLoss #Multilingualism #SMLLC

Akuntsu. Say My Name. This is a grave marker for a language no longer spoken. A final breath, a farewell carried in the voice of Akuntsu — a people erased, a tongue unrecorded. There are no archives, no recordings, no translations. Just this. A voice remembering its speaker. A name that still echoes.

Akuntsu.
Spoken by many, then 7. Then 3. Then 1.
Then none.

A people erased.
#greed
#EndangeredLanguages
#Akuntsu
#LanguageLoss

so now here i am.
grown, still orbiting.
still trying to find my way back. #bipoc #KoreanDiaspora #HeritageLanguage #AutisticAndProud #LanguageLoss #ReclaimingRoots #BiculturalLife #ThirdCultureKid #KoreanAmerican #NeurodivergentVoices #ImmigrantParents #OrbitingHome

byelingual: a person fluent in two languages but start losing vocabulary in both.

#Bilingual #LanguageSkills #Multilingual #Linguistics #LanguageLoss #Fluency #CulturalIdentity #Communication

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Linguistic diversity is vanishing as globalisation pushes local tongues aside. When a language fades, so does culture, history, and identity. Can Benin strike a balance between progress and preservation? #LanguageLoss #CulturalHeritage #SaveFongbe