Why Learning An Indigenous Language Could Benefit Your Brain?

Sustainable Travel

So why not learn an indigenous language? Not only will you be helping to preserve a vital part of the culture, but you'll also be giving your brain a boost. Listen now.

Traditional languages not only help preserve Indigenous cultures, but their presence can also enhance a traveler’s understanding of a destination. Traditional and Indigenous languages are important not only because they reflect the culture of the people who speak them, but also because they are often the only repositories of indigenous knowledge.Despite 7,000 languages spoken across the globe, half of the world’s population speaks only 23 of these languages. The sad truth is that when a language isn’t spoken, it dies, and right now, approximately 90% of the world’s local languages are in danger of disappearing. According to the United Nations, the preservation of Indigenous languages is “the preservation of invaluable wisdom, traditional knowledge, and expressions of art and beauty” that we can’t afford to lose, yet another language dies every two weeks.