There are two ways to preserve language that become endangered when they are spoken by few people. The first way is that linguists can study dying language and try to preserve the components of the language – the sounds, vocabulary, the grammar, and the tradition. The other way is children should be taught to use these languages and linguists should suggest how to maintain the languages. For example, no parents transmitted the Maori language to their children from the 1960s and 1970s. Therefore, New Zealand has set up ‘language nests’ in early childhood centers. Then, Maori is taught to 100,000 native children so far.
The main point of the paragraph is that ___________________.
a. language preservation can occur in two ways
b. linguists should study the dying languages
c. children should be taught to use these languages
d. children in New Zealand are taught to speak Maori