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Reviving Yurok: Saving one of California's 90 languages

Reviving Yurok: Saving one of California's 90 languages
Producer
BBC News
Year

California is home to the greatest diversity of Native American tribes in the US, and even today, 90 identifiable languages are still spoken there. Many are dying out as the last fluent speakers pass away and English dominates. But one tribe is having success reviving the Yurok language, which was on the verge of extinction and now is being taught in schools...

identity
language fluency
language preservation
language programs
language revitalization
People
Alastair Leithead
Native Nations
Yurok Tribe
Topics
Cultural Affairs
Citation

Leithead, Alastair. "Reviving Yurok: Saving one of California's 90 languages." BBC News. June 25, 2013. Video documentary. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23053593, accessed June 27, 2013)

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