Can a Smartphone App Help Save a Dying Language?

The Crux
By Carrie Arnold
Sep 24, 2016 1:07 AMNov 19, 2019 11:50 PM
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About half of the world’s languages are expected to disappear by 2100 if nothing is done to stop their decline. To counteract this trend, some tribes are using new technologies to revive their languages. Joshua Hinson of the Chickasaw Nation is leading the effort to revive the language of his ancestors. (Credit: Chickasaw Nation)

(This post originally appeared in the online anthropology magazine SAPIENS. Follow @SAPIENS_org on Twitter to discover more of their work.) 

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