Endangered Languages

Indigenous Language and AI/AN Student Success

Ernestine Hayes | Posted 05.14.2012

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Ernestine Hayes

In Alaska, most indigenous languages are "critically endangered." But loss of language, together with losses that accompany essential features of culture, can be delayed and even prevented.

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Of Words and Woods

Nataly Kelly | Posted 05.09.2012

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Nataly Kelly

2012-03-09-pullquote.jpgThere is something about seeing an endangered script carved into an 18"x10" piece of wood that hits a person deeply.

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Celebrating Language Warriors

K. David Harrison | Posted 04.22.2012

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K. David Harrison

Pressed by a tide of globalization, and a barrage of negative messages telling them their cultures and ways of thinking are outmoded, a global cohort of language warriors are pushing back.

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A Language Comes Home for Thanksgiving

Nataly Kelly | Posted 01.24.2012

Read More: Endangered Languages, Language, American History, Globalization, Thanksgiving, Native Americans, Massachusetts, Translation, Bible Translation, Language Loss, Wampanoag, Wampanoag Language, Dead Languages, Culture News
Nataly Kelly

Although they might not know the name of these Native people, many Americans celebrate the Wampanoag each year at Thanksgiving. But very few are aware that the group's descendants still live on their ancestral homelands.

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Last 2 Speakers Of Dying Language Won't Speak To Each Other

Posted 06.14.2011

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If you've never heard anyone speaking Ayapaneco, you're not alone. Though the language has been spoken in what is now Mexico for centuries, there ...

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A Digital Love Letter to a Dying Language

Nataly Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nataly Kelly

With the help of modern technology, it is truly possible for all mother tongues to not only belong to their rightful communities, but to be enjoyed by all of us.

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Emerging Languages, Emergent Knowledge

K. David Harrison | Posted 05.25.2011

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K. David Harrison

While the top of the economic pyramid may be dominated by a few players, the knowledge pyramid is inversely skewed, with just 0.2% of the world's population possessing a full 80% of our languages, and the vast knowledge they encode.

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