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Cunning linguist
A look at what it takes to save dying languages

Interview by Adrienne LaFrance
Mar 4, 2009

On March 12, linguists from across the globe will descend on Hawai‘i to discuss
the loss of language around the world, and how to prevent it. Chair of the
Linguistics Department at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Nick
Thieberger is one of the conference’s organizers and took time to chat with the
Weekly about what languages we’re losing and what it will take to preserve
entire cultures, one word at a time.

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