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Before Your Language Falls Silent: Preserve It

For 175 years, a language fell silent. In this powerful talk, Daryan McKenny shares the story of how his community lost its language — and how, for the past 25 years, he and his team have worked tirelessly to bring it back using historical records and written documents. What was once no longer spoken had to be reconstructed from books, page by page, word by word. But this story is not only about one language. It is a warning. Language carries the knowledge, memory, identity, and worldview of a community. When a language disappears, generations of cultural wisdom disappear with it. Reviving a language after it has fallen silent is possible — but it is slow, difficult, and painful work. The message is clear: do not wait until your language becomes history. Speak it. Teach it. Use it daily. Keep it alive. Before language falls silent, preserve it.