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Bilingual education aims to preserve minority languages - 0 views

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    Some of the oldest indigenous languages in Southeast Asia may soon become relics of the past, but bilingual education programs could reverse the slide
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Language Varieties Website - 0 views

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    This site is about varieties of language that differ from the standard variety that is normally used in the media and taught in the schools. These include pidgins, creoles, regional dialects, minority dialects and indigenized varieties.
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    This site is about varieties of language that differ from the standard variety that is normally used in the media and taught in the schools. These include pidgins, creoles, regional dialects, minority dialects and indigenized varieties.
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By Using Language Rooted in Andes, Internet Show's Hosts Hope to Save It - 0 views

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    Kichwa, a variant of the South American language Quechua, is the tongue in which a weekly program is broadcast by speakers who are striving to sustain it.
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    Kichwa, a variant of the South American language Quechua, is the tongue in which a weekly program is broadcast by speakers who are striving to sustain it.
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Wade Davis: Dreams from endangered cultures - 0 views

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    National Geographic Explorer Wade Davis celebrates the extraordinary diversity of the world's indigenous cultures, which are disappearing from the planet at an alarming rate (TED talk).
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Endangered Languages - 1 views

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    UNESCO page has links to other pages, including: Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger, Biodiversity and Linguistic Diversity, FAQs, etc.
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The man who kept the Lakota language alive - 0 views

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    Albert White Hat, a member of the Rosebud Sioux tribe died recently, but his work helped the Lakota language remain in existence.
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Who Speaks Wukchumni? - Video - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    This short documentary profiles the last fluent speaker of Wukchumni, a Native American language, and her creation of a comprehensive dictionary.
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    This short documentary profiles the last fluent speaker of Wukchumni, a Native American language, and her creation of a comprehensive dictionary.
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The Vanishing Languages Project - 1 views

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    "Musical conversation with the last speakers of 3 nearly extinct languages" by composer Kevin James
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Minority languages face grim future - 1 views

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    Specialists say the languages of Cambodia's once-isolated highland minorities are being eroded by global forces
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Lost indigenous language revived in Australia - 1 views

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    An Aboriginal language whose last speaker died n 1929, has been revived in Australia.
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DEVELOPMENT-CAMBODIA: Minority Languages Face Extinction - 3 views

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    Inter Press Service article.
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Ancient tongue sits on the brink of extinction - 0 views

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    IN FOCUS: Cambodia's imperiled languages
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Chester Nez, 93, Dies; Navajo Words Washed From Mouth Helped Win War - 0 views

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    Mr. Nez helped fashion from his Navajo language a military code so impervious that it helped the United States secure victory in the Pacific in the summer of 1945.
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    Mr. Nez helped fashion from his Navajo language a military code so impervious that it helped the United States secure victory in the Pacific in the summer of 1945.
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US Navy Navajo Code | World War II Database - 0 views

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    In WW2, the United States Marine Corps used Native Americans for tactical communications
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    In WW2, the United States Marine Corps used Native Americans for tactical communications
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