Rosetta Stone

[Andre Cramblit]

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ROSETTA STONE(R) RELEASES INTERACTIVE MOHAWK LANGUAGE SOFTWARE
Virginia: Rosetta Stone has just released language-learning software  
for the Mohawk (Kanien'keha) language. Spoken by the Kanien'kehaka  
(People of the Flint) nation, Kanien'keha is among many of the  
world's Indigenous languages that are in danger of becoming extinct.   
Five hundred years ago, an estimated 300 languages were spoken across  
North America.  Today, only about 25 are now spoken by children.  The  
remaining languages are likely to disappear with their generation of  
speakers.  "We believe the best way to preserve a language is through  
teaching and learning, keeping it a living language in the hands of  
the people to whom it belongs," says Ilse Ackerman from Rosetta  
Stone.  "Technology can help with this task.  Interactive language  
software is a great resource to support community language  
initiatives.  It provides learners unlimited exposure to fluent  
speech, patient and tireless feedback, and an individually tailored  
learning pace."  Software development for the Kanien'keha language  
was sponsored by the Mohawk language and cultural center of  
Kahnawake.  This is the first endangered language software to be  
developed through Rosetta Stone, which currently teaches 30 other  
languages to people in over 150 countries.
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