Just a tidbit about the importance of passing on a language to children.
If you don't use what you know it can be lost, forever. Parade Magazine ran a short piece noting some of the amazing discoveries of 2010. This one is about a language that no one knew existed, that is, no one but the 800 people that spoke the language of 'Koro' in a small remote village in Northeastern India. Turns out some linguists where traveling in that area of India, overheard some villagers and there you have it! Too bad though, after reading this I read some other articles that report that the younger people of this village have not been handed down the language, which does not have a written form, and therefore will be lost forever when these 800 villagers pass.
Keep your heritage alive. If you speak another language at home besides English, don't waste that gift. You'll be passing on something valuable in many, many ways.
To see this language of Koro in action, there is a small video of a very old lady singing ... She's adorable! Just text 'Koro' to 76477. To see the National Geographic coverage in photos and a report about the people that discovered this go to : http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/10/photogalleries/101005-hidden-language-koro-india-new-science-pictures/#/new-language-india-koro-sitting_27143_600x450.jpg
It's pretty interesting, enjoy!
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