Why do you think it is important to preserve languages? Answer in about 150 words in reference to the capter Discovering Tut: The Saga Continues.
Such questions are made for enhancing the self creative skills and should be tried
answering on your own. However, here are a few points that will help you in framing
your answer:
- The true development of a society cannot take place without the knowledge of past.
- Language is the tool through which we communicate with our ancestors.
- Extinction of language means knowledge shared by them cannot be deciphered by future generations.
- The texts and works shared by them will become unreadable for the future civilisations.
- It is language that shapes culture.
- Therefore, death of language will eventually result in death of culture.
- In the chapter ‘Discovering Tut: the Saga Continues’, the discovery of Tut’s tomb offered clues about the beliefs of those times.
- Like language, it is also a part of our history whose analysis helps us in knowing the past.
- It is essential that all components of our cultural heritage, be it intangible like language or tangible like the tomb of the Tut, are preserved.