Wednesday, April 20, 2011

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The Problem: Every two weeks, the last fluent speaker of a language dies. Today 7,000 languages are spoken on the planet. By 2100, the number of languages spoken may be halved.

Who: Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages

Why are they special? Working to document languages in collaboration with the National Geographic Society. The Institute is also trying to maintain and revitalize disappearing languages.

Where: Salem, Oregon

Started: Unknown

General site: Home page

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Link to help: Donations

Deductible? Yes

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