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Language is one of the great pillars on which our world’s individual cultures and identities stand.
Means of communication across the globe can range from gargantuan world languages to indigenous tongues understood by very few people. In the countries where world languages like English or Spanish are the common tongues, there is a general tendency among people to solely rely on their mother tongue.
People who speak, for instance, Mandarin, Spanish, or English, not only have the privilege of hundreds of millions who share their way of talking, they also grow up with movies, television, music etc. which are in their country’s main language.
If you live in a place where you and your fellow citizens speak a more uncommon and unique language, there is more stress upon you to learn the world languages in order to be able to communicate abroad and to keep up with things happening internationally, or even nationally.
An example of this is the Peninsula in Great Britain, Wales. The language of Wales is not the only Welsh thing? on the brink of extinction but the identity, history and culture are endangered as well. In an article for The Sabotage Times called Cachau Bant, released in 2013, journalist Tom Law discusses Wales’ situation.
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Tom Law uses history as a the backbone of his argumentation. The historical aspects of the article provide logos and gives backings to support his claim that Wales has been wronged in the past one-and-a-half century.
First of all, the journalist discusses the school institutions in the late 1800’s and the introduction of plaques that students were/had to wear around their necks if they were heard speaking Welsh.
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