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A Thousand Languages, Lost Word by Word | Muhammad Zaki Tasnim Mubarak | TEDxUII
TEDx Talks· 2026-05-12 15:27
I am one of the main reason why my local language is slowly die and I think you might be too. Indonesia is a multilingual nations which means majority of its speaker can speak more than just one language. So that's why our preachers always told us to prioritize the Indonesian language to preserve local language and to master international language.But how about its implementation on reality. Well, nowadays a lot of Indonesian people are already using Indonesian language as their and daily language and it's ...
Is Polarization a Language Problem? | Tracy K. Smith | TEDxNewEngland
TEDx Talks· 2026-05-06 16:16
[music] >> I am worried about our national vocabulary. I'm worried about our way of speaking and thinking, which often begins with an idealized us, and then moves swiftly to define and discredit a rigidly conceived them. Language has gone from being a bridge to being a barricade separating us from one another.Words that exacerbate the differences between us have been tasked with sorting us into camps and activating our knee-jerk outrage and mistrust. To a certain extent, this is even true of the ways we som ...