Clotted Cream

Això és el que ens està passant també amb la nostra llengua.

cajunmama:

This is exactly how Cajun French is dying out.  I saw this happen in my own family- exactly as this chart shows.  It’s sad.  My grandparents’ primary language was Cajun French. They were forbidden to speak it in school, students were punished for doing so.  My parents understood, but seldom spoke French. They only used it when they wanted to talk about something they didn’t want us kids to know about. I only know a few words and phrases. French is taught in schools here, but it’s “real” French, not Cajun French.

mellonikan:

vineetkaur:

Languages dying off around the globe

Only two people on Earth are known to speak the Ayapanec language, Manuel Segovia and Isidro Velasquez, old men of few words who are somewhat indifferent to each other’s company.

When Segovia and Velasquez pass away, their language also will go to the grave. It will mark the demise of a unique way of describing the lush landscape of southern Mexico and thinking about the world.

Ayapanec isn’t alone in its vulnerability. Some linguists say that languages are disappearing at the rate of two a month. Half of the world’s remaining 7,000 or so languages may be gone by the end of this century, pushed into disuse by English, Spanish and other dominating languages.

» via Anchorage Daily News

This is why I can’t stand the people who insist to me that everyone should just speak English.