Be a trendsetter, save a language!

Whenever I read over homework assignments I tend to quickly read them over, get the major points down in my head and reread once more. I feel like i misinterpreted what I was supposed to comment about however this is what I have come up with:
Of course we should care about each and every language that is in danger of dying out, however this seems like a new found thing, like a trend. I am not saying that no one has EVER tried to save any culture from disappearing and it is even discussed in the book. I would compare it to how in the last year recycling has become a "trend" even though people have been doing it for years. I have heard several times in the past few months "did you know that seven languages were just forgotten during the minute conversation that we just had," which is in a sense true because they are disappearing. When we or more so a culture loses their language, it is a major part of what their lives were and what their relatives lives made up. Once lost, it can never be recovered. As said by a few people already, language is one if not the most part of a culture because communication is the most powerful form of understanding.
When writing up little blurbs about answering these questions earlier in the week i caught myself writing, "language is very important to cultural identity, it is a long running part of a culture even if the traditions change and the location changes, the language stays with a person or group FOREVER." In a way this is true because it does "stay" with a person because they remember it, however when they die it could be gone forever. And in contrast it is not completely true because another speaking group could come in and take over and force their language on the indigenous people, making them forget their original language, which is very apparent when the Spanish came over and conquered what they pleased.
So in the end, caring about our languages dying is the way to go, so let's make it a trend that sticks for generations to come.