The Last Speakers: The Quest to Save the World's Most Endangered Languages
- ISBN-10
- 1426204612
- ISBN-13
- 9781426204616
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Pages
- 302
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010
- Publisher
- National Geographic Books
- Author
- K. David Harrison
Description
The author chronicles his globe-trotting expeditions to meet with the last speakers of vanishing languages and records the speakers' reflections and their efforts to teach the languages to younger generations, in a book with photos of the speakers, graphics and two maps.
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- 2010-09-21
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