Rosetta Stone Endangered Language Program Releases Navajo Language Software (fwd link)

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Aug. 24, 2010, 8:30 a.m. EDT

Rosetta Stone Endangered Language Program Releases Navajo Language Software
Language-Learning Provider Helps Promote Native American Language Use among
Younger Generations
USA

ARLINGTON, Va., Aug 24, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Rosetta Stone Inc. (RST
17.61, -0.12, -0.68%) , a leading provider of technology-based language
learning solutions, announced today the release of the Navajo-language
version of Rosetta Stone(R) software for use by Navajo in language
revitalization. Though Navajo is the most-spoken Native American language
north of Mexico (still spoken by more than 100,000 people), its use and
fluency among younger generations is in dramatic decline. According to the
U.S. Census Bureau, only 50 percent of Navajo ages 17 and under were able to
speak their native language at all in 2000. Rosetta Stone Navajo software
will be available for use in Navajo Nation schools, homes and chapter houses
in an effort to help reverse this decline.

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