23.2339, Media: AlJazeera 'Living the Language' TV Program

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Subject: 23.2339, Media: AlJazeera 'Living the Language' TV Program

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Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 10:48:48
From: Brent Woo [bwoo at linguistlist.org]
Subject: AlJazeera 'Living the Language' TV Program

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AlJazeera now has a TV program 'Living the Language' about critically 
endangered languages this past week. It documents the struggle of 
documentary linguists who make efforts to preserve these languages.

Topics include:
- Australia: The Aboriginal People
- Guatemala: The Maya
- Canada: The Ktunaxa
- Bolivia: The Aymara
- New Zealand: The Maori

Read more: 
http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/livingthelanguage/2012/04/2012
41612291819363.html 


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