Review “highly” recommends “The Language of This Land”
Check out the Guardian (Charlottetown, PEI) on April 7 for some nice praise for The Language of This Land, Mi’kma’ki, recently launched by Trudy Sable and Bernie Francis.
“The authors make a strong plea for the need for the language and accompanying culture to survive, not as a relic or a curiosity, but as an important part of the present-day world.”
“From this point of view [the book] has much to suggest, even advise … whether it be the Acadians of the Maritimes and Louisiana or the Ainu of Northern Japan. Preservation of a language, way of life and beliefs, whether conscious or not, parallels the preservation of a species of animals. Knowledge of both widens our world-view and sympathies. Thus this short book should be widely read – all over Canada and much further.”
“The Language of this Land seems not only a unique book, but one which will open new horizons to all who read it. Highly recommended.”