UNESCO

2. UNESCO • 2014 Theme: Local languages for global citizenship: spotlight on science • 1999- UNESCO announces International Mother Language Day • 2008 - International Year of Languages, • Why Feb 21st – student action to promote Bangla as a second language of Pakistan

5. Why is language important?

6. http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/enduring-voices/

7. Culture - The Language of Snow • Sami Language spoken by 1, 7000 people who live in Guovdageaidnu in Northern Norway, and herd 93,500 reindeers • Snow covers the ground for more than 7 months a year • Their words for snow tell them about the type, density, depth, and layers of snow, about the winds, temperatures, and effects on the ground and on trees. • MUOHTA= SNOW “snow-covered ground” • GEARDNI= SNOW “thin crust of snow” • GUOLDU = SNOW “a cloud of snow which blows up from the ground when there is a hard frost without very much wind.”  • http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/events/prizes-and-celebrations/celebrations/international-days/international-mother-language-day-2014/the-language-of-snow/

8. If I forget my native speech And the songs that my people sing What use are my eyes and ears? What use is my mouth? by AlitetNemtushkin, Evenki poet

9. How many living languages do you think there are in the world? 7, 105

10. Which languages have over 80 million speakers? Chinese Spanish English Hindi Arabic Portuguese Bengali Russian Japanese

11. Which languages have over 80 million speakers? Vietnamese - 68 million French – 68.5 million

12. How many different languages are spoken in one country? Australia China 245 301 France Indonesia 62 707 US UK 420 55 South Africa 44 Vietnam 111

13. Extinct Endangered

14. How many living languages do you think there will be in the world by 2100? 7, 105 - 3,000

15. Languages Lost and Found http://vimeo.com/20073639

16. Vanishing Voices • 1 language dies every 2 weeks • By 2100 half of our languages will be lost • What is lost when a language goes silent? • http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/07/vanishing-languages/johnson-photography

17. Endangered Languages http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/#/4/43.300/-2.104/0/100000/0/low/mid/high/unknown

18. Language – Chemehuevi -USA “I speak it inside my heart” • Johnny Hill, Jr., is one of the last speakers of Chemehuevi, an endangered Native American language: “It’s like a bird losing feathers. You see one float by, and there it goes—another word gone.”

19. Language- Euchee -USA • “I don’t want to seethis language die out.” • — K’asa Henry Washburn, Oklahoma • K’asa, 86, is one of only four fluent speakers of Euchee left. • He helps children learn their native language but sometimes they get into trouble at school for sepaking this. • They call him a “living dictionary.”

20. Language- Wintu -USa • “This mountainhas my heart.” • Caleen Sisk, California • Caleenis the spiritual leader and the tribal chief of the WinnememWintu tribe—and a last speaker of the language • Loss of land and loss of language and identity are connected, says Sisk.

21. Tuvan – Language - Russia • Only 235,000 speakers • SONGGAAR means go back, the future • BURUNGAAR means • go forward, the past • Tuvans believe the past is ahead of them while the future lies behind. The children who flock to this bungee-cord ride outside the National Museum of Tuva look to the future, but it’s behind them, not yet seen

22. Talking Dictionaries http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/enduring-voices/talking-dictionaries/

23. Living Tongues • http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/ • Adopt a language • Value your own languages • http://www.livingtongues.org/

24. http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/