[ENGLISH] Endangered Languages Podcast (10:59)

We have made a podcast on Endangered Languages across the world and my group have decided to do the Romansh Language of Switzerland. Please listen to our podcast!

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  1. Unknown28 January 2017 at 05:20

    I listened to this and I enjoyed the entire thing. You talked about most necessary aspects, went into the history, gave examples of the language, why it is dying out, etc. However, what it is missing - if I remember correctly - is the consequences of the language dying out. What is happening to the culture and what would happen if it does die out? That would be interesting to know whether it would matter to Switzerland or not.

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  2. Yara Al Najar29 January 2017 at 23:09

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  3. Yara Al Najar29 January 2017 at 23:14

    Your podcast, in my opinion, is a very impressive response to this task. You guys did a great job encompassing the language with historical and religious aspects. You also did a great job maintaining a theme of a very naturally going discussion, well done! I am currently learning french and it was very interesting to see similarities between Romansh and French in words like “bienvenue” and a question that popped in my head and begs verification is: do you believe that the dominance of a certain language with greater economic might and prestige is the only why and wherefore behind the depletion of another?

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