November 22, 2009
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Resources for Saving Endangered Languages

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The Green Book of Language
Revitalization in Practice
 
Linguists Kenneth Hale and Leanne Hinton team up to lay out effective practices for language revitalization, including case studies of community action (Academic, 2001)

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Less Commonly Taught
Languages Project

Course offerings, on-line video archives, links, technology, organizations, contacts. University of Minnesota, Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition, 619 Heller Hall, 271 19th Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55455; 612/626-8600; http://carla.acad.umn.edu/lctl/lctl.html.

Teaching Indigenous Languages
TIL’s Web site includes thoughtful links to American Indian, Alaskan Native, multicultural, and bilingual education resources, as well as publications for teaching indigenous languages. Educational Specialties, Center for Excellence in Education, Northern Arizona University, Box 5774, Flagstaff, AZ 86011; 928/523-0580; http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~jar/TIL.html.

Excerpted from Whole Earth (Spring 2000), which included extensive coverage of disappearing languages. Devoted to providing tools, ideas, and practices for alternative thinking and lifestyles, Whole Earth is a stalwart of the independent press. Subscriptions: $24 (4 issues) from Box 3000, Denville, NJ 07834. $16.80 (4 issues) for on-line orders from www.wholeearthmag.com

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