Saving the Yaqui language (fwd link)

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Saving the Yaqui language

Posted - 6/15/2010 at 7:29PM by Sandy Rathbun
USA

At the University of Arizona to try to revitalize an endangered language
that a few people still speak in the Tucson area.

UA Linguistics Professor Heidi Harley is studying the native language of the
Yaqui tribe. It's called Hiaki.

Harley says, "In Arizona and in the United States the language is
endangered. The people who remain who speak the language are all elderly, 50
or older, and the children are not learning the language anymore."

Harley is studying the Hiaki language by using 30 year old audio tapes
recorded by tribal member Maria Leyva.

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http://www.kvoa.com/news/saving-the-yaqui-language/
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