It was interesting to hear a story about dying languages in Cambodia. Apparently, many find it more necessary to know language of the Khmer majority rather than the language of their forefathers. I understand that languages change over time anyway.
Apparently, a part of this is because of the school system. The Khmer tongue is the medium of instruction for Cambodian children. They are taught to read and write the script from Year 5. English has some appeal because it is the most used language among the foreigners. However, there is not as much necessity to speak one's own language when one belongs to a minority people group, especially if one does not live among one's own people and ones own people group has few people in it.
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