1. Asia has 60 percent of the world’s population but only 20 percent of the world’s dying languages. Why might Asia’s large population centres have relatively few dying languages.
2. Google Translate includes Irish and Welsh. Type something in English and see whether similar words are used in Irish and in Welsh and whether the words are similar to English.
3. Why do you think the sign in Figure 5-47 is written in both Icelandic and English?
Welcome to Mr. Sha's Class! 
1. Asia has 60 percent of the world’s population but only 20 percent of the world’s dying languages. Why might Asia’s large population centres have relatively few dying languages.
Firstly most of Chinese people talk Madrian.
secondly,there are more countries in Asia and have the education for the adults to teach to the kids
2. Google Translate includes Irish and Welsh. Type something in English and see whether similar words are used in Irish and in Welsh and whether the words are similar to English.
English:school
Irish :scoil
Welsh :ysgol
Irish is one of two official language in the Republic of Ireland, along with English.
in the 1300s, the Irish were forbidden to speak their own language in the presence their English master.
Welsh : the name derived from the Germanic invaders’ word for foregin_was conquered by the English in1283
mant English migrators.
3. Why do you think the sign in Figure 5-47 is written in both Icelandic and English?
to protect endangered language
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1.Because people in various regions speak their own local dialect and also teach their children, China has a good language heritage.So even there has a large population and so many different languages,it have relatively few dying languages.
2.Irish: tri
Welsh: trí
English: three
3.Call for the protection of scarce languages。
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1.Most asians speak the same language (mandarin), while other languages, such as Tibetan, are rarely spoken. and because there are more countries in Asia and have the education for the adults to teach to the kids.
2. There are some examples:
banshee
(from Irish bainsídhe/beansídhe, “female fairy””woman of the fairies” (AHD) or “…of a fairy mound” . The Modern Irish word for woman is bean /bæn/ and síd(h) (or sí in modern spelling) is an Irish term referring to a ‘fairy mound’. (See Sidhe.) However, in traditional Irish mythology a banshee is seen as an omen of death.
bog
(from bogach meaning “marsh/peatland”) a wetland
boreen
(from bóithrín meaning “small road”) a narrow rural road in Ireland.
bother
from Anglo-Irish, its earliest use was by Irish writers, i.e. Sheridan, Swift, Sterne.[failed verification] Possibly from Irish bodhairim “deafen” or “annoy”.
3. Since there are fewer and fewer speakers of this language, we should protect this culture and keep it alive. A simple example: my English teacher is Irish, but he can’t speak Irish fluently.
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1.In China we pay great attention to inheritance, language is one of the most important, people in different regions speak their own local dialect, they will also teach their children, so even if there is a large population and many different languages, it has a relatively small number of dying.
2.English:text
Irish:teacs
Welsh:testun
They all have similaritie with English.
3.Two languages are written to allow more people to protect scarce languages.
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1.The reason for this phenomenon happens is there are plenty of dialects in China, and the adult always tend to teach their child the dialect of the region in which they live and also Mandarin is also taught by their parents.
2. English ‘example’
Irish ‘sampla’
Welsh ‘enghraifft’
Part of the pronunciation are the same.
3. As far as I am concerned, the sign is written into two languages because it can draw someone’s attention and raise their awareness of conserving the endangered language.
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