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PoindexterOglethorpe

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4. Interesting.

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Wed Sep 22, 2021, 09:39 PM

Sep 2021

But if this knowledge is ONLY available in a language just about ready to go extinct, it's going nowhere to begin with. Basically it's secret knowledge that's not being shared. Or is someone actively trying to translate and preserve it?

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Language extinction triggers the loss of unique medicinal knowledge [View all] NNadir Sep 2021 OP

Muy muy importante!! Nt mdelaguna Sep 2021 #1

A form of corporate knowledge keithbvadu2 Sep 2021 #2

Thanks for this post. yonder Sep 2021 #3

Interesting. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2021 #4

I remember the yew fiasco. Yews were being destroyed... then they were found to contain a cancer Karadeniz Sep 2021 #5

This kind of thing is easy to get a bit skewed. Igel Sep 2021 #6

Thank you for your thoughtful comments. I mostly agree with what you say, and of course... NNadir Sep 2021 #7