Editing Endangered language (section)

===Effects on communities===
As communities lose their language, they often lose parts of their cultural traditions that are tied to that language. Examples include songs, myths, poetry, local remedies, ecological and geological knowledge, as well as language behaviors that are not easily translated.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/four-things-happen-when-language-dies-and-one-thing-you-can-do-help-180962188/|title=Four Things That Happen When a Language Dies|last=Eschner|first=Kat|website=Smithsonian Magazine|language=en|access-date=2020-01-22}}</ref> Furthermore, the social structure of one's community is often reflected through speech and language behavior. This pattern is even more prominent in dialects. This may in turn affect the sense of identity of the individual and the community as a whole, producing a weakened social cohesion as their values and traditions are replaced with new ones. This is sometimes characterized as [[anomie]]. Losing a language may also have political consequences as some countries confer different political statuses or privileges on minority ethnic groups, often defining ethnicity in terms of language. In turn, communities that lose their language may also lose political legitimacy as a community with special [[collective rights]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}} Language can also be considered as scientific knowledge in topics such as medicine, philosophy, botany, and more. It reflects a community's practices when dealing with the environment and each other. When a language is lost, this knowledge is often lost as well.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Guérin|first1=Valérie|last2=Yourupi|first2=Paulina|year=2017|chapter=Language Endangerment|title=Languages of the Pacific Islands: Introductory Readings|editor1=Hiroko Sato|editor2=Joel Bradshaw|edition=2nd|publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing|pages=209–219|chapter-url=https://www.academia.edu/43876728}}</ref><!---Bad publishing venue, yes, but editors and authors of the volume are reputed mainstream scholars--->

In contrast, language revitalization is correlated with better health outcomes in indigenous communities.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Whalen|first1=D. H.|last2=Moss|first2=Margaret|last3=Baldwin|first3=Daryl|title=Healing through language: Positive physical health effects of indigenous language use|journal=F1000Research|date=9 May 2016|volume=5|pages=852|doi=10.12688/f1000research.8656.1|url=https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1504&context=gc_pubs|doi-access=free}}</ref>