[HN Gopher] A small town in Sweden fights to preserve Elfdalian,...
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       A small town in Sweden fights to preserve Elfdalian, a dying forest
       language
        
       Author : hashmush
       Score  : 33 points
       Date   : 2021-07-09 07:30 UTC (15 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.pri.org)
        
       | LAC-Tech wrote:
       | _"My parents spoke Elfdalian with each other, and with my grandma
       | and my aunts and uncles and everyone around," Schutt said. "But
       | when they turned to me, they spoke Swedish."
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       | Schutt said her parents spoke Swedish with her because that's
       | what was spoken in schools. Students were even discouraged to
       | speak Elfdalian in the classroom. Now, there's only about 2,500
       | speakers left._
       | 
       | This same story has played out in so many different places around
       | the world.
        
         | ericmay wrote:
         | It's so sad too. I think nation states have destroyed a lot of
         | local cultures. Sometimes intentionally, sometimes not.
        
       | contingencies wrote:
       | Any language that begins with _Elf-_ and features forests is
       | clearly doing their marketing right.  "Give me the five second
       | pitch!" "Sympathy for cutesie elf people living in a forest in
       | Sweden". Internet win.
        
       | cmrdporcupine wrote:
       | Interesting that the language has preserved proto-Germanic eth
       | (d) and other voiced fricatives. Similar to English (or
       | Icelandic). And also like English has kept the 'w' (spoken like
       | English instead of the 'v' sound like in other Germanic
       | languages).
        
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