a nation without a language is a nation without a heart
- a nation without a language is a nation without a heart
Welsh proverb; for the Irish equivalent see quot. 2007 and cf. the remark of Irish patriot Thomas Davis (1814–45): ‘A people without a language of its own is only half a nation’ (‘Our National Language’).
1917 Zionist Review 110 It is recognized that a nation without a language is like a body without a soul.
1972 Proceedings of the Institute on Narcotic Addition among Mexican Americans in the South West As one great citizen of this world said, ‘A country without a language is like a country without a heart.’
1993 B. THOMAS Industrial Revolution and Atlantic Economy 229 The striking leveling-off in the rate of decline between 1971 and 1981 is a great tribute to the wholehearted labours of thousands of Welsh patriots who have made the language the centre-piece of the national effort. Cenedl heb iaith, cenedl heb gallon. A nation without a language is a nation without a heart.
2007 posting 11 Feb. on http://www.anthropology.net In Ireland we have a saying ‘Tir gan teanga, tir gan anam’ a country without a language is a country without a soul. The same applies to a people.
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