<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:bookman old style, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif;"><font size="3"><span>Friends,</span></font></div><div style="font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif;"><font size="3"><br><span></span></font></div><div style="font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif;"><font size="3"><span>A while back there was debate here on the issue of language, expressiveness and global competitiveness. <br></span></font></div><div style="font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif;"><font size="3"><br><span></span></font></div><div style="font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif;"><font size="3"><span>Kenyan scholars have addressed part of this through a recent publication of <a href="http://www.nsemia.com/index.php/media/128-themeslanguageadevelopmentinkenya">Themes in Language, Education &
Development</a> in Kenya. A press release announcing the publication is attached. <br></span></font></div><div style="font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif;"><font size="3"><br><span></span></font></div><div style="font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif;"><font size="3"><span>Like yours truly, the authors take the line that when a language dies is like burning down a granary. Indeed, this is the position of UNESCO when they say: <br></span></font></div><div><div style="margin-left: 40px; font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif;"><font size="3"> <i>“Languages like genetic diversity are essential to all of mankind. If we are to allow languages to become extinct then we are witnesses to cultural genocide. There is value in diversity; the economic health of these people and their communities are connected with how they feel about themselves which is tied to their language and culture. Flourishing communities are
wealthy healthy communities …” –<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(48, 48, 48); font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline ! important; float: none;">Lindsay Robert Marshall talking about, Dozens of Aboriginal languages near death: UNESCO</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(48, 48, 48); font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline ! important; float: none;"></span></font></div><span
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