# Don't kill your language

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxBeirut
- Speaker: Suzanne Talhouk
- Year: 2012
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Literature and writing, Languages and linguistics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/suzanne_talhouk_don_t_kill_your_language)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

More and more, English is a global language; speaking it is perceived as a sign of being modern. But -- what do we lose when we leave behind our mother tongues? Suzanne Talhouk makes an impassioned case to love your own language, and to cherish what it can express that no other language can. In Arabic with subtitles.

## Lectures

1. [Don't kill your language](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/suzanne_talhouk_don_t_kill_your_language/4b89731a06fb), 14 min (TED's player)