Future

Cultural Representation and Pride: One important way to keep a dying language alive is for the speaker to take pride in their roots. This would consist of engaging in cultural traditions, speaking the language confidently with their communities, and connecting to their heritage in attempt to keep the language alive. It is important that parents teach their kids their native language early on, and really immerse them into the community. This allows revitalization to take place and spread the language knowledge, rather than letting it slowly lose its relevancy.

Linguistic Studies: One attempt in attempting to preserve a dying language is studying the language writing. Touching back on this topic, an example of this can be seen in our class discussion when we discussed the female-only language. When Yang Huanyi passed away, not much was left in terms of language knowledge, thus making this a language going extinct. In attempt to recover some of the language knowledge, "Linguists are trying hard to learn the language and experts say Yang's writing was more standard, original and unaffected by Putonghua, or standard Chinese or Han language, in which she was totally illiterate" (ChinaDaily). By studying the original characters, linguists are able to learn based on the evidence that is left. However, the future may never have a fluent speaker like Yang in the language ever again.