虽然许多地区都有人口普查的统计数字，但可靠性参差不齐，也没有提供语言结构及语言社会用途方面的信息。

While census Numbers exist for many areas, they vary in reliability and provide no information about the structure of languages or their use in society.

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我们有一系列的活动——文化、体育、社会和语言活动。

We have a range—cultural, sports, social and language activities.

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在现代社会，掌握第二语言是值得的。

It is worth mastering a second language in modern society.

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Some linguists would interview --Linguists would interview adults in these communities and say, "Why don't you speak to your babies?"

语言学家们会访问,住在这些社会中的成人,然后问道,"你为什么不和你的宝宝说话"

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There are stories of deaf people who are within certain societies where nobody signs to them, and so they're what's known as linguistic isolates.

还有些关于生活在并无手语的,特定社会下聋人的故事,这种情况就是所谓的语言隔离

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There is this social context of race relations whose grammar he is also learning, and I would just remind you of the passage where he starts to ask his mother about whether his granny is white or not.

一种来自家庭无可绘状的影响,当时社会的种族对立，对他学习的语言也有很深的影响,各位看一下当他问母亲,祖母是白人还是黑人？

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