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A Stream of Voices
Around the world, people and communities are working to reclaim and revitalize their languages in the face of the global crisis of language endangerment. In this series, communities explore some of the methods and approaches they’re using—and the lessons they wish to share in keeping their languages vital and strong. The series title is drawn from Dr. Emmanuel Ngué Um.
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Folklife Magazine Publishes Series Celebrating Global Language CommunitiesIn collaboration with the Endangered Language Project, the Language Vitality Initiative has launched “A Stream of Voices,” an article series sharing the stories of effective language practices by communities and their advocates.
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Hope for Reclamation: The Master-Apprentice Language Learning Program in ManitobaThe program's goal is to enable adults to become speakers who, in turn, may pass the language to others, especially as older first-language speakers become fewer and fewer.
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Iyasa Éboó: Youth Carrying Language Forward in CameroonIn 2018, an awareness-raising and training workshop with youth led to a program focused on revitalizing the Iyasa language.
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