"Have un preocupacion crescent en le humanitie por le patrimonie intangible de obras based en le culture et le tradicion. Inter este tradicions es much important le linguas, como element que represente le identitie et le historie de le popules, mejor que le realitie marked per le frontieres administrative et geopolitical". Por este rason, le linguas es le patrimonie intangible plus important de le Humanitie. Le UNESCO es conscient de le necesitie de preserver et developer este patrimonie, et have prended como prioritie inter su objetives le proteccion de este espaces cultural. In le Seminarie Internacional LINGUAPAX celebred en Leioa (1996), le Director General de le UNESCO en aquel moment, Federico Mayor Zaragoza, signaled le necesitie de elaborer un primere informe de le situacion de le linguas in le munde, par extender le consciencie de le patrimonie linguistik et protecter le linguas vivant. Le primere resultats de este informe signaled que 1800 linguas have desapareced desde 1970 (4500 linguas) a 1985 (2700 linguas), et que este tendencie signifie que durant este siecle poverie desaparecer le 90% de le patrimonie linguistik de le Humanitie. Le proceses de substitucion linguistik demande estudies profonde que determine sue causes principal. Le UNESCO mencione en su estudie quelque causes como le emigracion, le presion de le goverments et de le culture dominant, etc. Este dominancie soporte-se equalment supra le power de le medies de comunicacion, plus et plus globalised, que have un grand impact supra tot le grupes social. Le UNESCO invite le persones, le grupes et le societies a se mobiliser post le preservacion de este patrimonie intangible de le Humanitie. | "There is a growing concern in the humanity for the intangible heritage consisting of works based upon culture and tradition. Languages stand out among these traditions, as an element that incarnates the being and the history of peoples, much better than the reality marked by administrative frontiers and geopolitical realities”. Therefore, languages are the most important intangible heritage of the Humanity. The UNESCO, conscious of the need to preserve and to develop this heritage, has prioritized among its objectives the protection of these cultural spaces. On occasion of the international LINGUAPAX seminary, celebrated in Leioa (1996), the former General Director of the UNESCO, Federico Mayor Zaragoza, pointed out the need to elaborate a first report about the state of languages in the world, in order to make people aware of the concern about the linguistic heritage and to protect living languages. After the results of that report, 1800 languages disappeared from 1970 (4500 languages) to 1985 (2700 tongues). If this tendency does not change, during this century 90% of the linguistic heritage of the humanity could disappear. The processes of linguistic substitution require deep studies to determine their main causes. The report of the UNESCO mentioned causes such as emigration, pressure made by governments and dominant cultures, etc. This dominance is also supported by the power of the media, more and more globalized as time goes by, which have a deep impact on all social groups. The UNESCO urges individuals, groups and societies to mobilize after the preservation of this intangible heritage of the humanity. |