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| cathrynm Senior Member United States junglevision.co Joined 6129 days ago 910 posts - 1232 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Finnish | Message 1 of 3 22 May 2009 at 7:11am | IP Logged |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTfVIPLi4dk
I'm not sure what there is to discuss here, but these interviews with Navajo who don't speak or barely speak their language hit a nerve with me. Maybe this should be a warning -- you can lose a language. This is what's it's like after the fact. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| paparaciii Diglot Senior Member Latvia Joined 6340 days ago 204 posts - 223 votes Speaks: Latvian*, Russian Studies: English | Message 2 of 3 23 May 2009 at 5:13pm | IP Logged |
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Say thanks to your forefathers. :)
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| cordelia0507 Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5842 days ago 1473 posts - 2176 votes Speaks: Swedish* Studies: German, Russian | Message 3 of 3 23 May 2009 at 8:46pm | IP Logged |
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lol paparacii !
But seriously; apparently the Natives in Alaska are retaining their native languages to a much higher level... 1 person has voted this message useful |
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