Why Do Languages Die? (mises.org)
- Highlight Loc. 68-71 | Added on Wednesday, January 11, 2012, 12:22 AM
But these languages clearly do have value, if for no other reason than simply because people value them. Local and minority languages are valued by their speakers for all sorts of reasons, whether it be for use in the local community, communicating with one's elders, a sense of heritage, the oral and literary traditions of that language, or something else entirely. Again, the praxeologist is not in a position to evaluate these beliefs.
