Social Innovation Saving 7,000 Vanishing Languages (fwd link)

[Phillip E Cash Cash]

MAR 6, 2012 3:30 AM EST

Social Innovation Saving 7,000 Vanishing Languages

Social innovation might just save our planet's vanishing languages. Today,
a staggering 7,000 or so languages are spoken around the globe, yet
unfortunately, about half are expected to be extinct by end of this
century. The good news is that linguists believe Facebook, YouTube and even
texting could save many of the world's endangered languages. North American
tribes are using social media to re-engage their young, while Tuvan, an
indigenous tongue spoken by nomadic peoples in Siberia and Mongolia, has an
iPhone app to teach the pronunciation of words to new students.

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http://www.justmeans.com/Social-Innovation-Saving-7-000-Vanishing-Languages/52479.html
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