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140193
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Washington, DC, US Government Printing Office, 1970.
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xiv, 500p.hbk
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049165
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New York, M E Sharpe, 1995.
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xv, 168p.Hbk
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Sources and Studies in World History
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1563243334
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102775
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105296
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076279
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2006.
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This paper reviews current discussion of the issue of just what is lost when a language dies. Special reference is made to the current situation in Laos, a country renowned for its considerable cultural and linguistic diversity. It focuses on the historical, anthropological and ecological knowledge that a language can encode, and the social and cultural consequences of the loss of such traditional knowledge when a language is no longer passed on. Finally, the article points out the paucity of studies and obstacles to field research on minority languages in Laos, which seriously hamper their documentation.
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117082
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119899
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2012.
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Despite the Internet and the global nature of aid organizations, hundreds of millions of people still live in the information dark ages. Children die of dehydration in areas where the simple oral rehydration ingredients-water, salt, and sugar-are available, but health posters on how to use them are in a different language. Anti-retrovirals can be issued to HIV positive patients, but if the instructions on how to take them are in the wrong language, confusion about the drug regimen will lead to side effects and patients desisting with treatment. The issue is not access to treatment, but access to knowledge, and language is the barrier. Access to knowledge is the linchpin in the fight against poverty, exploitation and medical disparities, and "the language last mile" is the final hurdle to bringing knowledge to every corner of the world.
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