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Few people know that nearly one hundred native languages once spoken in what is now California are near extinction, or that most of Australia's 250 aboriginal languages have vanished. In fact, at least half of the world's languages may die out in the next century. Daniel Nettle and Suzanne Romaine assert that this trend is far more than simply disturbing. Making explicit the link between language survival and environmental issues, they argue that the extinction of languages is part of the larger picture of near-total collapse of the worldwide ecosystem. Indeed, the authors contend that the struggle to preserve precious environmental resources-such as the rainforest-cannot be separated from the struggle to maintain diverse cultures, and that the causes of language death, like that of ecological destruction, lie at the intersection of ecology and politics. In addition to defending the world's endangered languages, the authors also pay homage to the last speakers of dying tongues, such as Red Thundercloud, a Native American in South Carolina; Ned Mandrell, with whom the Manx language passed away in 1974; and Arthur Bennett, an Australian who was the last person to know more than a few words of Mbabaram. In our languages lies the accumulated knowledge of humanity. Indeed, each language is a unique window on experience. Vanishing Voices is a call to preserve this resource, before it is too late. Environment: News & features - The Telegraph Latest environmental news features and updates. Pictures video and more. Enduring Voices Project Endangered Languages Map Facts ... When invited the Enduring Voices Project assists indigenous communities in their efforts to revitalize and maintain their threatened languages. Sixty Languages at Risk of Extinction in MexicoCan They ... Linguistic anthropologist Susan D. Penfield works with the Endangered Languages Project an online resource for vanishing languages. Because the world is ... Kenan Malik's essay on why all languages need not be preserved There are around 6000 languages in the world today. Shortly there will be one less. Eighty-one year old Marie Smith Jones is the last living speaker of Eyak an ... Endangered Languages Project Tsi Nen:we Enkonnoronhkhwake "Love You Forever" (Mohawk) May 11 2012 8:06 a.m. This focuses on the cycle of love between a mother and her child. LS2 PAC - Catalog Log in with either your Library Card Number or EZ Login. Library ID (No Spaces!) or EZ Username Last Name or EZ Password. Remember Me Vanishing Point: How to disappear in America without a trace Illegal Mining. If you research areas where others have found gold and where mines have been abandoned which will still harbor gold that you may find useful you may ... BBC - Languages - Languages - Languages of the world ... The world's most widely spoken languages by number of native speakers and as a second language according to figures from UNESCO (The United Nations Educational ... Vanishing Languages - Pictures More From National ... The ongoing collapse of the worlds biodiversity is more than just an apt metaphor for the crisis of language extinction. The disappearance of a language deprives ... Enduring Voices Project Endangered Languages Map Facts ... Stories From the Expeditions. One World Many Voices Festival. Experience the vibrant cultural expressions of some of the world's rarest languages in this collection ...
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