Another Language Dies

I find it immensely sad when we lose a language. It is as if an entire people, their way of life, their knowledge, their insights and secrets vanish from the face of the Earth as if they never existed. Yes, we can memorialize them in a book or Wikipedia page, but the living proof is gone.

Last week, 92 year old Bobby Hogg died and took the Cromarty fisherfolk dialect with him. Here's a link to the CNN article with the details.