Agusan del Sur State College of Agriculture and Technology

Bunawan, Agusan del Sur

ENG 123- Introduction to Anthropological Linguistics

COURSE LEARNING PACKET (CLP)

CRISTY ANN V. JAYOMA

Instructor

GERALDINE E. ALBORES
Student of ABEL-2A
Activity 1: Introduction
Direction: Answer the following questions. (5 pts each)
1. Provided the graphic organizer below, write down the finals speakers as what Nettle and Romaine mentioned and
provide at least 1 sentence description to each. (2 pts each)

Arthur Bennett Pat Gabori,

Tevfic Esenç
Ned Maddrell -whose traditional name -who lived on a farm in Turkey,
-the last person who
is Kabararrjingathi Laura Fish Somersal
knew more than a few had already decided
-the last native bulthuku, was in 2010 - the last speaker of years before he died in 1992,
words of Mbabaram, an
speaker of Manx, a one of only eight Wappo, a Native
Aboriginal language, what he wanted inscribed on his
Gaelic language remaining speakers of
died in 1972 in north American gravestone: “This is the grave of
spoken on the Isle of Kayardild, an Aboriginal
Queensland, Australia. Man, located in the language formerly Tevfic Esenç. He was the last
Linguist R.M.W. language spoken on
Irish Sea between spoken in the area north person
Bentinck Island,
Great Britain and
Ireland, died in 1974. Australia. of San Francisco. able to speak the language they
call Ubykh.”
2. Based on the few of the final speakers of some of languages, kindly use at least 1 speaker and discuss what it is all about.

The final Wappo speaker, a Native American named Laura Fish Somersal language that was once used in the region north
of San Francisco, was extinct as of 1990. According to Somersal, the only factor preserving her Wappo fluency was to scientists who just
released a Wappo grammar. She would have learned to read and write if she had gone to school but she would have also been
compelled to use exclusively English, and she would have. She most likely lost her Wappo fluency. Fortunately, this was for the study of
Wappo by researchers, they claim, "but not good for Laura.
Wappo is an indigenous language of California. It is a language isolate, not known to be related to any other languages.
Wappo is an extinct language that was spoken by the Wappo tribe, Native Americans who lived in what is now known as the Alexander
Valley north of San Francisco. According to Somersal, the English name for the people and language is derived from the Spanish word
guapo, meaning "handsome" or "brave".

Activity 2: Enumerating the Crisis: How Many Dying Languages Are There?
A. Direction: Answer the following question. (5 pts each)
1. How do these dying languages affect world crisis? How many dying languages are there?

Many languages around the world are allegedly on the verge of extinction. It also denotes emotion surrounded by speakers of
a considerably larger, much more powerful who refuse to even accept the existence of other languages. It may also entail disregarding
grammar norms and certain words since there aren't many opportunities to use their own tongue in real-world social settings. Putting a
human face on the conceptual dilemma known as language endangerment, language death, or language extinction sheds light on
several of the last speakers of the many people's true experiences and sentiments. sure, Krauss states that since only 10 percent of the
world’s languages can be considered “safe,” many of the restare in danger of becoming extinct. He therefore estimates that as many as
half of the world’s languages may disappear in the next hundred years.
B. Direction: Fill out the table below by answering Michael Krauss’ classification of language. (1 pt each)

Classification Description

1. Safe Languages have official government support and/or large numbers of

speakers.

2. Endangered Languages that, although they are still being learned by children, will cease
to be learned by children in the next century if present
conditions persist.

3. Moribund Languages that have ceased to be learned by children, and are therefore
almost certainly doomed to extinction.

4. Dead or extinct languages are no longer spoken by anyone, even if there are written materials
or recordings in those languages.

C. What are the problematic assumptions underlying the desire to count the number of endangered languages, and the number of
speakers each endangered language has? (5 pts)

Certain figures and data are intended for a specific audience: those who speak the majority language, perhaps those
with the authority can prevent the extinction of tiny languages can be quite harmful when heard by a very large different audience,
including those who speak endangered languages themselves. readers that numbers have often been used by colonial powers in the
past as one means of control, what Foucault would call governmentality through enumeration. Speakers of endangered languages are
often fearful, she warns, that numbers can be held against them,and they can therefore become fearful or resentful.
Activity 4: What Dies When a Language Dies

Lists and discuss the three areas of loss if we fail to safeguard and document languages at risk of extinction according to K. David
Harrison.

The erosion of the human knowledge base, especially local ecological knowledge, The loss of
cultural heritage and the failure to acquire a full understanding of human cognitive capacities. Some lexical
categories in particular languages are frequently particularly rich, such as the most crucial activities to the
indigenous people are reindeer herding, botany, and fishing speakers of those languages, as well as a
significant amount of ecologically. In the language that goes along with those, knowledge is encoded specific
cultural customs. Therefore, it is not unexpected that a lot of that. When a language is lost, knowledge is not
transferred.

List Crystal’s five reasons for why we should care if a language dies.

1 Because we need diversity.

2 Because language expresses identity.

3 Because languages are repositories of history.

4 Because languages contribute to the sum of human knowledge.

5 Because languages are interesting in themselves.

Activity 5: Can Endangered Languages Be Saved?
A. Direction: Share your insights of the following topic, “Can Endangered Languages Be Saved?”. (at least 100 words, 20pts)

Endangered languages are those defined as languages which are about to extinct. These were
the languages spoken by remotely areas where a small number of people only knows how it is traditionally
spoken, shared and catered with. Different studies according on the endangeredment of languages were
presented enough for other citizens to realize how one person values and take language as a necessity and a
culture, tradition that should be valued and shared in the coming generations. Other languages have died
already without even the idea of sharing it to people who are able to accompanied and adapt languages as
some form of traditional movement. With this, personally implying that only if authorities provide
significance and values towards language importance and preservation, in that simple way small
communities of people win the remotely areas who had been utilizing some endangered languages might
have the possibility to be saved and shared in the next generation to come.