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Endangered Languages, Knowledge Systems and Belief Systems
Series: Linguistic Insights
David Hirsh
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Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2013. 143 pp.
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Humans have populated most parts of the world, establishing communities with distinctive cultures and practices. Some communities are nomadic. Some are hunter-gatherers. Some have developed complex systems of interaction with their environment based on sustainable use of resources. Some communities have over-exploited the natural environment, changing it markedly.
The common feature of human settlement of the land is the development and use of complex language systems. These languages serve multiple purposes for their speakers. They enable communication among members of a community. This is important for security, for hunting and food collection, and for social cohesion. Languages capture the knowledge and experiences people have, based on their interaction with the environment. This knowledge can include methods of hunting, food collection and resource use. It can include descriptions of the physical landscape, plants and animals. It can include climatic and weather patterns, and tidal, seasonal and celestial changes. The knowledge can include descriptions of illnesses and medical use of plants and minerals.