Social Media Promotes Literacy Within Threatened Languages (fwd link)

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Social Media Promotes Literacy Within Threatened Languages

Author: Lisa Stephens
Published: February 23, 2012 at 2:55 pm
USA

Elders. There is still a people within our American 'civilized' way of life
who refer in this fashion, to those invested with abundant wisdom for a
native tongue, with the respect it takes to recognize the need for this
philosophy.

Elders, if not themselves, may at least have a greater awareness of those
who are or have been natural inhabitants of communities threatened with
comprehensive alteration of their lives and livelihoods, such that it
becomes unrecognizable and lost. These native tongues, which are the first
sign of extinction once threatened, may now have a lifeline for survival.

One such culture has its foundation in native languages spoken in and near
the Great Lakes. Anishinaabemowin is one of 27 Algonquian languages spoken
by the Ojibwe people.



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