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

[Donovan Pete]

  I am really looking forward to buying this.  I know it will help greatly
with my sisters and I speaking Navajo a lot better.

On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 10:19 AM, Phillip E Cash Cash <
cashcash at email.arizona.edu> wrote:

> PRESS RELEASE
>
> 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.
>
> Access full article below:
>
> http://www.marketwatch.com/story/rosetta-stone-endangered-language-program-releases-navajo-language-software-2010-08-24?reflink=MW_news_stmp
>
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