In Languages We Live - voices of the world is a documentary about the world's linguistic diversity. Through a number of personal stories the film asks: What is the significance of this loss to those who speak these languages aw well for the rest of us? The film examines language as a social, political and cultural field. Without language, any form of human societal structure would be inconceivable. It is the fundamental of our relationships with other people. Why do some languages become world languages, while others are in the process of dying out? How are our language and identity connected? What does it feel like to be the last person to speak a language? How do you document a language? How does language develop? How does one translate linguistic and cultural meaning from one language to another? To lose my mother tongue would be like being forced into language exile. I would lose my family's history and culture. Director Janus Billeskov Jansen

The UK Premiere of In Languages We Live - voices of the world:

Monday 6th February, 5.30-7pm.

The Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS. map

Attendance is free and open to all!