How to save a language from extinction

Title:: How to save a language from extinction
Speaker:: Daniel Bögre Udell
Description:: As many as 3,000 languages could disappear within the next 80 years, all but silencing entire cultures. In this quick talk, language activist Daniel Bögre Udell shows how people around the world are finding new ways to revive ancestral languages and rebuild their traditions -- and encourages us all to investigate the tongues of our ancestors. "Reclaiming your language and embracing your culture is a powerful way to be yourself," he says.

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Video Language:: English
Team:: closed TED
Project:: TEDTalks
Duration:: 06:46

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