I definitely believe that if a language is dying it must be protected at all costs. Languages are a really valuable aspect in each society. I'll talk a bit about Peru's situation. As most of us know, our official language is Spanish. But it's not the only one, we also have Quechua and Aymara that are the two most spoken indigenous languages out of 40+! Quechua is also spoken in other Latin American countries, it is even taught here on Italki! The problem is that neither of our indigenous languages is taught at schools. We have put English or other romance languages above our own :( The people that speak them have grown with that language, in other words, it's their mother tongue. You don't know how much I want Quechua, Aymara, Ashaninka (an indigenous language from the Ashaninka community in the jungle) or any other indigenous language to be taught at schools. I hope future Peruvian generations can learn OUR language and culture first hand. I don't know if you have realized, but learning Quechua is learning the language that the Incas, our most recent ancestors before the Spaniards came, spoke. It must have had some changes, but still. Why learning from a textbook their way of thinking and traditions if their language expresses vividly that! Originally, we had much more indigenous languages, much more tribes in the jungle. But they have disappeared. I'm happy, though, that our Ministry of Culture is working hard on standardizing small languages. It's very useful for us and for them, they are also Peruvians. These are their rights. Hope you liked this thoughts, and thank you Italki for opening topic conversations like this ones!