Topic: Preservation of Endangered Languages
Country: United States
Delegate Name: Clayton Carroll
School: Mattawan High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All United States position papers GLIMUN 2013 committees
Thousands of cultural languages are endangered throughout the world, with as many as twenty-five languages lost per year. Young people of these cultures are not using or learning the languages of their ancestors, dooming the language. The United States of America recognizes the rapid loss of cultural languages throughout the world as a serious issue, and is appalled by the lack of effort in preservation of these languages. To reduce, if not halt, the loss of these languages, the United Nations must take action.
Having an extremely diverse population, The United States brings cultures from around the world into the overall culture. Groups such as Native Americans, African Americans, and Native Hawaiians are slowly losing their native languages through the course of time. Dozens of other cultural groups that have immigrated to the U.S. are also falling prey to the loss of their native language and aspects of their culture. Without these languages, aspects of the United State's diversity are lost.
The United States would like to see the preservation of these languages encouraged. Measures we would encourage could include the encouragement of teaching of these languages, the possibility of areas reserved for the use of these languages, and more global awareness brought forth to the world's population. We see diversity in culture in our best interests, and part of the founding principles of the U.S. We would like to work with nations of similar interests to see the endurance of these endangered languages through and prevention of this issue for the future.
