Study revitalizes endangered language (fwd link)

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Study revitalizes endangered language

by Rod Lotter
Tuesday, January 27, 2009

There are approximately 5,000 languages spoken in the world today.  By the end
of the next century that number is estimated to drop to 1,000.

Western modern and classical language professor Ed Vajda, has taken 16 trips to
the Siberian taiga (forest) of Russia over the past decade, as part of his
research and efforts to preserve the Ket language.

The Ket language is spoken by only 100 people and may not exist in two decades,
but it could be the lost link in the history of human migration, Vajda said.

In November, Vajda published a book, “Subordination and Coordination Strategies
in North Asian Languages,” which he edited and contributed a paper to about
Ket. The book is number 300 in the Current Issues in Linguistic Theory series.

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