Wed 10.22.08| Native Tongues Untied

Leanne Hinton, Flutes of Fire Heyday, 1994 

Leanne Hinton et al., How to Keep Your Language Alive Heyday, 2002

Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival

So many languages around the globe, too many threatened with extinction. What's going on, and in what ways are indigenous languages especially vulnerable? Leanne Hinton is an authority on how and why languages are being lost, the significance of language diversity, and the ways in which indigenous tongues can be revitalized before it's too late.

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