It all started with The Linguists and the lang soc activities. Really, or maybe it is just my obsession with reading and watching about loss cultures. I am learning to be not too sentimental about it while keeping my acknowledgement and awareness that we might be losing more than we think we are as a humankind. So it got me all excited even when all that I read was about work done on the documentation of endangered languages. The database launched by Cambridge is really one big piece of massive work. I salute the linguists and scientists for their work.
At the same time, judging from how I struggled with phonology and how much i rely on written phonetic forms to remember for good and reproduce all the vocabulary from foreign languages, I know I do not have that kind of ear to jump into this world of documentation and investigation. Nonetheless, it is really a joy to read and know about their works.
My french friend gave me this link while we were discussing a little about phonology. I have absolutely no means to differentiate and reproduce all the sounds in the Yi language but I've also learnt from the linguists that technology and platforms such as Youtube might actually be a good way of revitalising endangered languages. So long as their young speakers are really to pick it up again.
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