Une langue disparaît en moyenne toutes les trois
semaines.
Source :
Unesco-Atlas mondial des langues en péril
(chiffres 2002)
POUR QUE VIVE LA LANGUE ARMÉNIENNE D’ARMÉNIE
OCCIDENTALE, POUR QUE VIVE LA LANGUE DE NOS
PARENTS, REFORMONS NOS OUTILS, SOUTENEZ L’ÉLABORATION
D’OUTILS ACCESSIBLES A TOUS, DIRECTEMENT DANS
NOS FOYERS.
http://www.haydjampa.org/Esprit_Hay/hayotslezou/moudk.htm
Le Conseil National Arménien
November 6th, 2005
IS OUR LANGUAGE STILL PART OF OUR HERITAGE ?
According to the
Official Declaration of December 17th 2004 and
to Article 10 of said declaration :
10.
The National Council guarantees the use of
Western Armenian as national language in all
fields of life. The National Council establishes
its own educational system as well as its own
cultural and scientific development system.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT
Every year,
about ten human languages, local and minority
dialects disappear without a trace. An
invaluable loss for the heritage of humanity,
another cultural threat for the Armenian
heritage.
The Armenian
National Council has the duty to take specific
steps, within the context of the 1600th
anniversary of the Western Armenian language, in
order to make language learning easier for
everyone and especially younger generations.
The Education
Department, in charge of this programme, is
developing a world-scale training scheme using
the Internet to make access to learning easier.
A specific commission will be requested to
prepare a report on the present situation.
After an
historical presentation of the Armenian language,
accompanied by a grammatical study and lexical
support, we have completed a comprehensive
package of lessons, giving a simplified access
to usual conversation.
We aim at making
the families aware of this « linguistic
desertification process » which is progressing
at a sustained pace. Our language is the
expression of our existence as Armenians, our
language is beautiful, easy, tolerant and
enriched by a several thousand years culture.
The dominant
languages, imposed by the States in their
educational system, medias and official
authorities, went on gaining ground to the
prejudice of other languages. This conclusion is
shared by international experts, who generally
consider that a language is in danger when it is
taught to less than 30% of children and are
worried by the possible disappearance of 50 % of
contemporary languages within the end of the
century.
« A globalized
society speaking only one language ?..... »
An
irreparable loss, in fact. Far from being only a
communication medium, language is undoubtedly
the greatest creation of the human genius and
each language expresses in a unique way the
lingustic ability of mankind.
According to
experts, « the words we use go beyond the mere
expression of thought. They are not only
vehicles, they also illustrate our values, our
perception of the world, our identities, our
limits, our nature, our history, our ancestry
and our hopes ».
Preserving the
Armenian language is essential to keep alive an
invisible and tangible tie which links
generations beyond the frontiers of space and
time. This is our best weapon to fight the
genocide process initiated by the murderers of
the Armenian nation and now unconsciously fed by
the descendants of the Genocide victims.
Figures and
languages
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6000 or 7000 languages are presently spoken
throughout the world, 30 % of them in Africa.
-
96% of the 6 000 world languages are spoken by 4
% of the world population.
-
50% of world languages are now in danger of
disappearing, including Western Armenian.
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80% of African languages have no written
transcription.
-
500 to 600 African languages should disappear
during the next century.
-
Eight countries concentrate half of the world
languages :
Papua New-Guinea
(820), Indonesia (737), Nigeria (510), India
(415), Mexico (291), Cameroon (279), Brazil
(188) and Australia (120).
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90% of the world languages are not present on
the Internet.
-
On an average basis, one language disappears
every three weeks.
Source : Unesco-Atlas of the world’s languages
in danger of disappearing (2002 figures)
TO KEEP ALIVE
THE ARMENIAN LANGUAGE OF WESTERN ARMENIA, TO
KEEP ALIVE THE LANGUAGE OF OUR PARENTS, LET’S
CHANGE OUR METHODS, SUPPORT US IN THE DESIGN OF
TOOLS AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE DIRECTLY IN OUR
HOMES.
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The Armenian National Council
