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Millennia-old Yuracaré language resists extinction through 900 speakers and a new dictionary

The history of the Yuracaré can be told through their refusal to integrate with Bolivia’s colonial system. They settled on the border between the country’s mountain foothills and its plains and ...
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Meet the TikToker trying to revive Judeo-Arabic, the nearly extinct language Jews once spoke across the Arab world

In TikTok videos viewed tens of thousands of times, 31-year-old Dan Sheena dons a blond wig and acts out skits of a bickering ...
The Nation Newspaper

Ohanaeze appoints four Professors to salvage Igbo language from extinction

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, on Thursday, appointed four professors under its Professorial Endowment Chair initiative to prevent the extinction of the Igbo language. The appointed scholars include ...
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Why we must save indigenous languages from extinction risk

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. A dancer entertains guests during the opening of the 2023 Devolution Conference in Eldoret ...
The Nation Newspaper

Igbo language faces extinction without urgent action, Ohanaeze leader warns

The President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, John Azuta-Mbata, has cautioned that the Igbo language risks extinction if decisive and collective steps are not taken to revitalise it. He gave the ...
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When languages die : the extinction of the world's languages and the erosion of human knowledge / K. David Harrison

1 A World of Many (Fewer) Voices -- 2 An Extinction of (Ideas about) Species -- Case Study: Vanishing Herds and Reindeer Words -- 3 Many Moons Ago: Traditional Calendars and Time-Reckoning -- Case ...
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Why we must save indigenous languages from extinction risk

A dancer entertains guests during the opening of the 2023 Devolution Conference in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County. [Peter Ochieng, Standard] Language matters spiritually, culturally and emotionally.