TO hand down and preserve the language !

by Kazu

The official delegation members from Hokkaido Ainu Association seemed to have gained what they should take to preserve their own traditional language and culture in Hokkaido.

In case of Hawaii, it took more than 30 years to establish their immersion school to preserve their own traditional culture and language. It must have been so tough because the traditional Hwaiian language using and teaching had been prohibited by the US Govenment for a while.  

They had no record of their own traditional language. Their myth and the beginning of their civilization had been handed down from a generation to next generation.