Tlingit language survey under way (fwd link)

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Tlingit language survey under way

Craig Giammona/Daily Sitka Sentinel
Published Saturday, June 13, 2009
USA

SITKA, Alaska - In 2000, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization listed Tlingit as a critically endangered language.

UNESCO estimated at the time that, after thousands of years of Tlingit culture
in Southeast Alaska, there were only 300 fluent speakers left.

UNESCO also determined that the youngest of the remaining Tlingit speakers were
grandparents who spoke the language "partially and infrequently."

As a result, twice in recent years Sitka Tribe of Alaska has listed preserving
the Tlingit language as one of its top priorities.

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