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The speaker concludes that the governments of countries in which those lesser-known languages are spoken should act to prevent such languages from becoming extinct, I agree with the assertion in a positive manner: the death of languages as its function to communicate is ineluctable, yet the government is still able and obliged to do much to prevent it from extinction as it literally means.

There are more than 6000 languages known to be spoken by peoples around world, yet 94% of which are used by 4% people and some of them are disappearing at the speed of one per two weeks. Apparently, the current situation is at stake if actions are needed to prevent the extinction. Yet we must see into it first the most basic function of a language---communication, by which definition there will be adequately enough even only one language remains. Just as what is presented in the story of Babel, the diversity of languages cumbers the communication between people much and results in isolation and chaos. In such respects, it is natural that the allegiance to the mother tongue removes when one more dominant language takes hold in the place, for instance, in South America; Dalmatian language became extinct after Spanish flew into the continent as colony is built. Generally, the distinction of language is a long term process during which bilingual plays a significant role. Since a language cannot remain isolated all along its history, extinction of particular languages is ineluctable.
Thus, the extinction of language is a part of social process. Yet, during the death of languages, there usually used to be new ones derived from them. Take Latin for another instance, such ancient language is used in the course of communication in smaller area, yet many more languages derived from of it. Even if Latin is no longer used as a common language, its convention, idiom and every piece of feature is still well preserved in the blood of its descendents, preventing it from becoming extinct. However globalization has brought a harsh power which breaks the balance in the process of language evolvement in some territriers and thus expedites the extinction. With the loss of such languages, we pay the expanse of the cultural extent inside. Languages contain our ancestors ‘observations as well as adaption to the world around them. Humanity became human in a complex system of languages that interacted with each other. If there were only few languages left alive, we would definitely lose that mush of our adaptability and our diversity which gives us our strength and our ability to survive. In such spiritual respect, a language is a kind of recognition built inside; its existence means more beyond its basic function abovementioned. Hence, the government is naturally obliged to preserve their language, especially when confronted with the invade of globalization.

Although on most occasions the extinction of languages as a way to communicate is unavoidable, government is still able to act in such respects as to record the essential information of the language, for instance, with the help of internet or linguist. It is not only a left treasure for the descendents of the people who used to speak them, but also a source of infinite legacy for us.