Extinct 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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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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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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