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Endangered Languages

By: Lowell Ringel. Endangered Languages. An Endangered Language . There are approximately 6000 languages in active use today worldwide. http://edweb.tusd.k12.az.us/sabino/library/language.gif. Categorizing Languages.

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Endangered Languages

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  1. By: Lowell Ringel Endangered Languages

  2. An Endangered Language • There are approximately 6000 languages in active use today worldwide. http://edweb.tusd.k12.az.us/sabino/library/language.gif

  3. Categorizing Languages • There are three different classifications to measure the long term survival of languages: • “Safe” - A language falls into this category if in one hundred years children will probably still be using this language. • “Endangered”- A language falls into this category if in one hundred years children will probably NOT be using this language. • “Moribund”- A language falls into this category if no children today speak it.

  4. The Oneida Language • Speakers: between 160 and 514 • Located: in Ontario, central New York, and around Green Bay, Wisconsin • History: Iroquoian-based language • Preservation: Extensive preservation efforts, but only for cultural preservation, not primary language usage.

  5. Locations of the Oneida Language

  6. Wasco-Wishram • Speakers: about 70 with 7 monolinguals. • Region: • History: A Chinook language • Preservation: none that I can find

  7. English to Wasco-Wishram

  8. Bibliography • Krivoruchko, Julia. "Judeo-Greek." Jewish Language Research Website. Jewish Language Research Website, 26 Jul 2002. Web. 7 Apr 2011. <http://www.jewish-languages.org/judeo-greek.html>. • "Revitalizing Language." Oneida Indian Nation. Oneida Indian Nation, 07 May 2010. Web. 7 Apr 2011. <http://www.oneidaindiannation.com/home/content/92884489.ht ml>. • "The Wasco-Wishram Dialect of Wasco-Wishram (wac)." MultiTree: A Digital Library of Language Relationships. The Linguist List, Web. 7 Apr 2011. <http://multitree.linguistlist.org/codes/wac>.

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