Question

When a people are enslaved, as long as they hold fast to their language it is as if they had the key to their prison.” - Explain​

Answer 1

Answer:

Hamel: “When a people are enslaved, as long as they hold fast to their language, it is as if they had the key to their prison.” In stating so M. Hamel is very much right. There are examples in history where a conquered people who had held fast their language they could win back their freedom from their ruler.