It's great that you area able to give us this information, I didn't mean to make it sound like we expected you to teach the pronunciations as well. Sorry! The words are so beautiful I was just curious.

I know the number of native speakers is declining. It is very sad to watch cultures disappear, though I know it has happened all throughout time. But we now have technology to keep these languages alive - I hope that stories will be recorded in the native tongues so that later generations will be able to experience them.