When a language disappears, a whole way of thinking, a vision of the world disappears with it, which can only impoverish human culture and the capacity of people to understand the world around them.

• 当一种语言消失了，这个语言所能带背后的思想、对世视的视角也随之消失，让全世界人类对整体文化的负载度更为贫脊。