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

[Phillip E Cash Cash]

Just a general inquiry.  I am curious if anybody knows what the start up
costs are or a simple ball park project figure associated with creating a
language software with Rosetta Stone.

Thanks,
Phil

On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Donovan Pete <dpete at email.arizona.edu>wrote:

>   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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