NPR on "attempt to revive modern Nahuatl" [WAS:... on the radio]

[Kenneth Thomas]

Audio and transcript available here:

http://www.npr.org/2012/11/30/166260521/far-from-mexico-students-try-saving-aztec-language

The descendant of the ancient Aztec language is one of many endangered
> indigenous languages. Although there may still be a million speakers of
> Nahuatl, it is not being transmitted to a new generation. But there is an
> attempt to revive Nahuatl in New York City, and students eager to connect
> to their heritage are taking classes.
>

The tropes of this short overview left my thoughts reeling (rural v.
urban,  burning of literature,  etc) as well as questioning their accuracy.

Two comments:

1) A fairly US-American point of view,  perhaps a diaspora perspective.
Plenty of Nahuatl in the Zocalo in the past year,  at least in the events I
go to :).

2)  From the position of a a hyperglot:   a serious attempt at well-done
computer aided learning tools,  carefully matched to those who would use
them,  might accomplish quite a bit.

FWIW.

Kenneth Thomas

Deep Springs College DS89,  Williams College '93,  U.C. Berkeley Rhetoric
'95/'99
Representative of the Provisional Government of Mexico / Movement for
National Renewal
http://www.gobiernolegitimo.org.mx/  / http://www.regeneracion.mx/

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On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 5:02 PM, Michael McCafferty <mmccaffe at indiana.edu>wrote:

> NPR's "All Things Considered" this evening (11/30/12) about the
> teaching/learning of Nahuatl among Mexican Americans.
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