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Excerpted with permission from the publisher Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global,‎ Laura Spinney, published by ‎William Collins.

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Language is alive because it is spoken by living persons. Language evolves because we are evolving. Like everything that is part of human existence, it needs to be nurtured, protected and preserved.