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[Phil Cash Cash]

*Giving the ‘Breath of Life’ to endangered languages*

By Kathleen Maclay, Media Relations | August 5, 2014

*BERKELEY —*

Following the UC Berkeley linguistics department’s tradition of dedication
to recording and preserving the state’s indigenous languages, dozens of
California Indians who want to save their native languages gather on campus
every other summer, as they have done for almost 20 years.

This year’s Breath of Life conference drew its most participants ever – 62
indigenous participants and 40 linguists working together to explore the
extensive language archives at UC Berkeley and develop new linguistic
skills aimed at assisting language revitalization. While on campus for a
week, the participants and their mentors visited archives in the
linguistics department, Bancroft Library and Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of
Anthropology.

Access full article below:
http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/08/05/giving-the-breath-of-life-to-endangered-languages/
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