"Every time another tribe becomes extinct and their language dies, another way of life and another way of understanding the world disappears forever. Even if it has been painstakingly studied and recorded, a language without a people to speak it means little. A language can only live if its people live, and if today’s uncontacted tribes are to have a future, we must respect their right to choose their own way of life."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Human rights activistsActivists from the United KingdomAnthropologists from the United KingdomIndigenous rights activists
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
An indigenous language dies ‘once every two weeks’, Survival International 20 February 2008.
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Stephen_Corry
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Stephen Corry
8 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Stephen Corry →
Related Quotes
"Would people still use the same demeaning language talking about European gypsies or immigrants? It is fundamentally …"
"In the relentless search for advancement and material progress we have perhaps alienated ourselves from our Earth. I …"
"Governments, corporations and assorted others regularly exploit the idea that tribal peoples are "primitive" in order…"
"Where there’s money to be made from Amazonia, whether from cutting it down or taking its riches whilst leaving it sta…"
"My interaction with the Himalayan tribespeople overturned my pre-conceptions. There was no superior or inferior being…"
"The tragic destruction of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen reaches into the very roots of humanity and touches not only every…"
"Twenty years ago we heard many predictions that there would be no Indians left in Brazil by the end of the decade. Th…"
"The Truth-Seeking Vision insists that the university’s overriding aim should be the preservation, pursuit, and promot…"
"Believing in the power of LOVE was what I held onto fighting for my dear life."
"When one's existence which has seemed quite secure suddenly melts away. . . when every security fails and every suppo…"