The Linguists is a documentary that follows two linguists in their search to document dying languages. They travel to remote areas of the world that have been subject to colonization or linguistic suppression by a "killer" language, to search for native speakers. What drives the linguists to conduct their study is the hope to not lose a way of seeing the world by letting languages become extinct.
What I liked the most about the documentary was that the linguists know the importance of "living" a language. They immersed themselves in the target language's culture and shared in rituals and festivities.
One question that I have is why has it taken so long for people to appreciate linguistic diversity? And what will it take to remove the stigma surrounding minority languages?
"The hidden Signs"
14 years ago
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