So,smaller cultures lose their local language as the language of the culture in power becomes the stronger influence.

VOA: special.2009.12.02

Or,a local language might disappear more slowly.

VOA: special.2009.12.02

"If you're a poor shopkeeper living in a very impoverished part of Botswana and you're trying to feed your family, trying to buy and sell goods, trying to get medical services for your kids or your employees, and you speak a local language, there's nothing on today's Web that's going to help you,right?

VOA: special.2010.11.08

Fambul Tok,or Family Talk in the local Krio language, draws from traditional mediation and conflict resolution methods.

VOA: standard.2010.06.07