Please see the below document compiled by Wendy Ayres-Bennett & Charles Forsdick.
Some key points:
- There is an opportunity cost in not valuing languages: in international business and trade; social cohesion
and integration; equitable access to justice and healthcare, etc. - Normalization of multilingualism is key to respecting people’s language and identity
- Home, heritage and community language (HHCL) speakers are a vital untapped resource
- Linguists are crucial for advising how/when AI tools are used to avoid potentially serious errors,
inefficiencies or reputational risk in government/business (Federici et al. 2023)