'Only 15 percent of kids speak native languages' (fwd link)

Tue Jan 27 17:17:00 UTC 2009

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

'Only 15 percent of kids speak native languages'

By Moneth Deposa
Northern Mariana Islands

Alarmed by the “changes” that are about to happen as a result of federalization,
the Chamorro Carolinian Language Policy Commission yesterday expressed concern
over the additional impact it may bring to the CNMI indigenous languages,
Chamorro and Carolinian.

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