Readers React: A lifetime of love for language

To the editor: I was inspired by the passion of Richard Dauenhauer, a passion I share in my dedication to the growth and usage of Kiswahili (commonly called Swahili). (“Richard Dauenhauer: 1942-2014, Tlingit language scholar,” Obituary, Aug. 24)

The study of language profoundly expands the appreciation of the human capacity for imagination to describe an essential focus of their daily life. I offer in closing a short prayer: May God keep him in a peaceful place in paradise.

Pete M. Mhunzi, North Hollywood

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