Teen uses song to preserve Native language (fwd link)

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Teen uses song to preserve Native language

By KYLE HOPKINS | khopkins at adn.com / Anchorage Daily News
Published: August 20th, 2011 12:20 PM
USA

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Alyson McCarty speaks Latin. She knows a little
Greek and few words of Spanish. But when the 14-year-old sings, she
sings in her mother's language of Yup'ik.

McCarty recently recorded her seventh CD of Yup'ik and English hymns.
Of the 14 tracks, McCarty recorded four in Yup'ik. There's a rendition
of "Amazing Grace" called "Naklekuti Nitnirqekria" and a translation
of the Lord's Prayer. Even the thank-yous, "Quyana," are in the
Western Alaska language.

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