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Jenni Young

Can we save the world's dying languages? - 0 views

www.bbc.com/...2

Language Death Technology Identity Culture

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  • Jenni Young on 06 May 13
     
    BBC article. Technology can help to save dying languages.
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Comment is free The Welsh language is not nearing extinction, but it needs to be put to... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...welsh-language-extinction-use

Language Part 1 Language Death Welsh UK Minority languages

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  • Jenni Young on 25 Sep 13
     
    Its study has been compulsory in schools since 2000, yet the number of speakers has dropped. It's time to siarad yn Gymraeg.
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Ancient tongue sits on the brink of extinction - 0 views

www.phnompenhpost.com/...t-tongue-sits-brink-extinction

Language Part 1 Cambodia Language Death Indigenous languages S'aoch

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  • Jenni Young on 09 Oct 13
     
    IN FOCUS: Cambodia's imperiled languages
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Patricia Ryan: Don't insist on English! - 1 views

www.ted.com/...anguages_not_just_english.html

Language Global English Language death

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  • Jenni Young on 05 Mar 13
     
    In her talk, longtime English teacher Patricia Ryan asks a provocative question: Is the world's focus on English preventing the spread of great ideas in other languages?
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Cambodia's Minority Languages Face Bleak Future - 1 views

www.voanews.com/...165301.html

Language Language Death Cambodia

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    Voice of American article
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Bid in France to Add Courses in English Raises Fear for Language - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...ver-more-english-proposal.html

Language Identity Language Death Global languages

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  • Jenni Young on 24 May 13
     
    An effort to draw more foreign students to French universities has led to worries about "Americanization disguised as globalization."
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Cambodia: An ancient language, and a people, face extinction - 4 views

www.minorityvoices.org/news.php

Language Language Death Cambodia

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    article from Minority Voices Newsroom
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Should We Care When a Language Dies? - 0 views

www.slate.com/..._a_language_goes_extinct_.html

Language Part 1 Language Death

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  • Jenni Young on 27 Apr 13
     
    Lexicon Valley audio from Slate.com
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Enduring Voices - 0 views

www.youtube.com/...EnduringVoices

Language Death Culture Identity

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    Youtube channel devoted to endangered languages
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Wade Davis: Dreams from endangered cultures - 0 views

www.ted.com/...is_on_endangered_cultures.html

Language Part 1 Culture Language Death Indigenous languages Ethnosphere

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  • Jenni Young on 21 Oct 13
     
    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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Losing our mother tongue - 0 views

www.phnompenhpost.com/...losing-our-mother-tongue.html

Language Language Death Khmer

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  • Jenni Young on 02 Mar 13
     
    Article from Phnom Penh Post about the loss of Khmer as a mother tongue
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Enduring Voices Project - 0 views

travel.nationalgeographic.com/...enduring-voices

Language Death Identity Culture Language Revival

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  • Jenni Young on 06 May 13
     
    NatGeo site with lots of links
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Will Spanish Thrive Or Decline In The U.S.? - 1 views

www.npr.org/...will-spanish-thrive-in-the-u-s

Language Language Death Spanish Bilingualism

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  • Jenni Young on 10 May 13
     
    from Code Switch, an NPR blog
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Rachel Berwick - May-por-e' - 1 views

www.rachelberwick.com/Maypore.php

Language Part 1 Language Death Humboldt's Parrot Maypure

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  • Jenni Young on 10 Mar 14
     
    Art installation based on a parrot said to have been found by German naturalist Alexander van Humboldt, which was the last surviving "speaker" of Maypure.
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Shanghai Laments Loss of TV Show in Local Dialect - 0 views

sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/...ss-of-tv-show-in-local-dialect

Language Part 1 Language Death Chinese Mass communication Part 2 TV Dialects

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  • Jenni Young on 04 May 14
     
    The show, which focused on traditional life and culture and was presented in the Shanghai dialect, collided with government guidelines that nationally broadcast programs use only Mandarin.
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