Each language is a unique repository of facts and knowledge about the world that we can ill afford to lose, or, at the least, facts and knowledge about some history and people that have their place in the understanding of mankind. Every language is a treasury of human experience. Eyak doesn't give a damn about tenses. But it sure does give a damn about other things, much more than I do. Therefore it broadens your thinking, enriches your ability to understand the world- to deal with reality and experience. Michael E. Krauss
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Each language is a unique repository of facts and knowledge about the world that we can ill afford to lose, or, at the least, facts and knowledge about some history and people that have their place in the understanding of mankind. We’re all but blind without our cultural heritage. No matter how much we think we know, there are always new bits of information that come into our lives that we learn from other people. Each person adds to the sum of human knowledge by learning from others, but each language is its own separate repository of human experience.

We are all but blind without our cultural heritage. No matter how much we think we know, there are always new bits of information that come into our lives that we learn from other people. Eyak doesn’t give a damn about tenses.

But it sure does give a damn about other things, much more than I do.

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