Case: Preserving the Kallawaya language.

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Case: Preserving the Kallawaya language.

Point 1: Preserving the medicinal knowledge

Prediction ofOpposing Argument: English has medicinal knowledge

Rebuttal: Just because you have some acquired knowledge, does not mean it would be beneficial to let go of all the unknown knowledge systems out there.

Point 2: Ensuring the protection of cultural diversity in the world
Prediction of Opposing Argument: But the only cultures that are eradicated are the ones that are backwards

Rebuttal: Who gets to say which culture is wrong and which is right, something may be different but that does not mean it is wrong.

Point 3: Ensuring the protection of the Kallawayan identity

Opposing Point 1: Extrinsic benefits of English: meaning that it is well established, it has many speakers, it has wealth (of teaching materials, etc.)

Rebuttal: Yes multilingualism may be promoted, but no language should be sacrificed due to such promotion

Opposing point 2: Intrinsic benefits of Enlglish: may bestow wealth and financial success upon its speakers.

Rebuttal: Not everyone who learns the English language will gain financial success so why sacrifice a language and a community’s identity for something that may, but may not be possible?