Rosetta Stone helps Chitimacha revive language

[Francis Hult]

Indian Country Today

 

Rosetta Stone helps Chitimacha revive language

 

The Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana will be breathing new life into its language with the help of modern technology. The revival is being made possible with Rosetta Stone software.

Kimberly Waldon, the tribe's cultural director, said the community had been trying to bring back the language for about 13 years, more than 50 years after the last Chitimacha speaker in the community died. To help revitalize the language, the Cultural Department had been using wax cylinder recordings and field notes made more than 65 years ago by a linguist. But, that was not effective enough, and Waldon says it was also too academic for some.

 

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http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/education/85505897.html

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