Decline of Sorbian language

Now you live in Australia...

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Sorben

Mikolaj: Yes, many of us came from Germany.

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Stephen: And yet, you now speak Sorbian.

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Mikolaj: That is my culture. It is a minority there.

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Stephen: If a language dies, a culture dies with it, you think?

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Mikolaj: Not necessarily. A culture can be transplanted to a new language. The songs, the costumes, the festivals, the food can survive.

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Voice-over

In the early twentieth century about 150,000 people spoke Sorbian. But now, there are only about 40,000. If you have roots in a culture, this can be an impetus to rescue a language. Or is it a fruitless mission accompanying the end of life?

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