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The Last Speakers: Preserving Endangered Languages in a Globalized World

The Last Speakers: Preserving Endangered Languages in a Globalized World

The image of being the last of one’s kind is a poignant one, a singular fate shared by a dwindling number of elderly individuals across the globe. These individuals, like Marie Wilcox (Wukchumni, California), Gyani Maiya Sen (Kusunda, Nepal), Verdena Parker (Hupa, Oregon), and Charlie Mungulda (Amurdag, Australia), carry the weight of an entire language […]