Adhartas

Tha dà rud glè inntinneach ann an-diugh. Fior làrach-lìn naidheachd aig Radio nan Gaidheal mu dheireadh thall, agus meal ur naidheachd Mairead Màiri Mhoireach, ' s i na ceannard ùr na seirbheis didseataich Gàidhlig ùir agus ann an L.A. Times, am pàipear naidheachd againn, tha aithris mu chànan dhùthchasach ameireaganach. 'S e Ojibwe an t-ainm a th'air agus bidh 10,000 ga chleachdadh fhathast. http://www.latimes.com/features/books/la-bk-treuer3feb03,0,6983731.story There are many aspects of culture that are extralingual -- that is, they exist outside or in spite of language: kinship, legal systems, governance, history, personal identity. But there is very little that is "extralingual" about story, about language itself. I think what I am trying to say is that we will lose beauty -- the beauty of the particular, the beauty of the past and the intricacies of a language tailored for our space in the world. Yes, that's it: We will lose beauty.