Editing Language death (section)

==Consequences for indigenous communities==
Within [[Indigenous peoples|Indigenous communities]], the death of language has consequences for individuals and the communities as a whole. There have been links made between their health (both physically and mentally) and the death of their traditional language. Language is an important part of their identity and as such is linked to their well-being.<ref name="Sivak2019">{{Cite journal |last1=Sivak |first1=Leda |last2=Westhead |first2=Seth |last3=Richards |first3=Emmalene |last4=Atkinson |first4=Stephen |last5=Richards |first5=Jenna |last6=Dare |first6=Harold |last7=Zuckermann |first7=Ghil'ad |last8=Gee |first8=Graham |last9=Wright |first9=Michael |last10=Rosen |first10=Alan |last11=Walsh |first11=Michael |last12=Brown |first12=Ngiare |last13=Brown |first13=Alex |date=2019-10-15 |title="Language Breathes Life"-Barngarla Community Perspectives on the Wellbeing Impacts of Reclaiming a Dormant Australian Aboriginal Language |journal=International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |volume=16 |issue=20 |pages=3918 |doi=10.3390/ijerph16203918 |doi-access=free |issn=1660-4601 |pmc=6843244 |pmid=31618944}}</ref>

One study conducted on aboriginal youth suicide rates in [[Canada]] found that Indigenous communities in which a majority of members speak the traditional language exhibit low suicide rates while suicide rates were six times higher in groups where less than half of its members communicate in their ancestral language.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Hallett |first1=Darcy |last2=Chandler |first2=Michael J. |last3=Lalonde |first3=Christopher E. |date=2007-07-01 |title=Aboriginal language knowledge and youth suicide |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S088520140700010X |journal=Cognitive Development |volume=22 |issue=3 |pages=392–399 |doi=10.1016/j.cogdev.2007.02.001 |issn=0885-2014|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

Another study was also conducted on aboriginal peoples in [[Alberta]], Canada. There was a link found between their traditional language knowledge and the prevalence of diabetes. The greater their knowledge was of their traditional language, the lower the prevalence of diabetes was within their communities.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Oster |first1=Richard T. |last2=Grier |first2=Angela |last3=Lightning |first3=Rick |last4=Mayan |first4=Maria J. |last5=Toth |first5=Ellen L. |date=2014-10-19 |title=Cultural continuity, traditional Indigenous language, and diabetes in Alberta First Nations: a mixed methods study |journal=International Journal for Equity in Health |volume=13 |issue=1 |pages=92 |doi=10.1186/s12939-014-0092-4 |doi-access=free |issn=1475-9276 |pmc=4210509 |pmid=25326227}}</ref>