International Mother Language Day

[Tenoch]

In addition to Spanish language, which represents the linguistic majority, at least 68 indigenous languages are spoken in Mexico. Each of them has their respective linguistic variants or dialects, of which it is known that around 364 are still spoken, of which 131 may become dead languages by the end of the 21st century.
When a language dies,
divine things,
stars, sun and moon;
human things,
think and feel,
is no longer reflected
in that mirror
When a language dies,
everything there is in the world,
seas and rivers,
animals and plants,
they are neither thought nor pronounced
with glimpses and sounds
that no longer exists.
Then it closes
to all the people of the world
a window, a door.
a peek
differently
to things divine and human,
to what it is to be and life on earth.
When a language dies,
his words of love,
intonation of pain and love,
maybe old songs,
stories, speeches, prayers,
no one, who were they,
will be able to repeat.
When a language dies,
many have already died
and many may die.
Mirrors forever broken,
shadow of voices
forever silenced:
humanity is impoverished.

[SDhunter]

Thank you for the information and thread. I never dreamed there were that many variants.

[LongStride]

Well said thank you 🙏