The Last Speakers (National Geographic)

Languages are disappearing at such an alarming rate that many have declared a global language extinction crisis. The Last Speakers book is the poignant chronicle of author K. David Harrison's expeditions around the world to meet with last speakers of vanishing languages.

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• national geographic
• enduring voices
• the linguists
• language
• extinction
• endangered

[HarmonicaFag]

Tell hipsters about those languages.

[Glossika]

I learned to speak and understand Thao, a language with only 3 native fluent speakers left (I got a 92% on the government exam for speaking/listening). I plan to also learn Saaroa and Kanakanavu, also in the same plight, and we plan to translate literature and education into these languages for the children of the communities.

[LondonStag]

haha he's wearing a united shirt!

[AlexderFranke]

The case of Manx shows that it is far not too late if only a few native speakers are left if some people want to learn from them and if teaching books are available. It is up to the last native speakers to teach their language to others, especially children, so that there are people left to know it when they will die. Unless brutal oppression is taking place, language death is no fate without return!

[po3jet]

ermiteno, a spanish creole once spoken in ermita district of manila, philippines had its last speaker died sometime in the 1990s...other spanish creoles like ternateno, spoken in ternate ,cavite and caviteno spoken in Cavite City might be looking at their last generation of speakers

[animalnt]

better start reproducing then

[1Honest007]

We white nigga's are crazy people! Why are you speaking double tongue when you do your narration and singing mean song.(all da wood)rude@ss)LOL! Come again!What kind of linguist are you?A funny one? LOL? ooops? gideop-gideop -gideop yup yu yup .Bam! LOL> Come again! NICE one. Yeah the world is one big yard! We can see you are a white nigga, check out this other one: youtube: 7 Year Old Raps Ke$ha - We R Who We R by MattyBRaps (wiki is the book of bull shiit)

Çãribéños de Guadalupe!!!

[HollieDoherty]

UNITEDDDD!

[CARLITOSYO]

Muy buena reflexión. Debemos trabajar para no perder esos tesoros que se estan extinguiendo.

[mujikluva]

Great work once again National geographic....