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An important reason to keep Native American languages alive for linguists is that

A) These languages may have unusual linguistic features which tells us more about language and cognition
B) There is little linguistic diversity across Native American languages
C) These languages are very similar to Indo-European languages
D) Indigenous communities aren't interested in keeping their language alive, so linguists have to do that work

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A) These languages may have unusual linguistic features which tells us more about language and cognition
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