Language is not only a description of a culture, but the words uniquely describe a peoples mental process, their way of thinking. When we allow a language to go extinct we lose the ability to understand and learn from the culmination of ideals and values accumulated from many generations of human beings.
As we exit (Babylon) Iraq, the world's nations could donate to build an international library of languages in Baghdad that would preserve and study all of the languages of the world. An international library of languages could ensure that no language could be lost to extinction and each society understood for their unique contribution to the human experience.
An international library of languages could be the worlds gift to Iraq that would serve to begin the restoration of a great civilization and be the catalyst of a new era of ideas, communication, and peace.
Thank you.