Ler no Economist "Babel Runs Backwards" sobre línguas em vias de extinção

Este artigo que aponta o Português como o oitavo idioma mais falado a nível mundial termina com uma citação que achei particularmente forte:

The demise of any language is a loss for all mankind, but most of all a loss for its speakers. As one Navajo elder, quoted by Mr Yamamoto, told his grandson:


“If you don't breathe,
There is no air.
If you don't walk,
There is no earth.
If you don't speak,
There is no world.”