6 thoughts on “Endangered Languages and Lost Knowledge

  1. Am I the only one who can’t see this video? Nothing happens when I press the play button. I’ve seen it before, so it’s not a big problem, I’m just annoyed that it doesn’t work.

  2. It works for me. I’ve also seen it before. It’s a great talk. I’ve also read his book “Don’t Sleep, There are Snakes” which I thoroughly recommend. K. David Harrison is also a man to check out on this issue.

  3. With regard to the campaign to save endangered and dying languages, can I point to the contribution, made by the World Esperanto Association, to UNESCO’s campaign.

    The commitment was made, by the World Esperanto Association at the United Nations’ Geneva HQ in September.
    http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=eR7vD9kChBA&feature=related

    Your readers may be interested in http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_YHALnLV9XU Professor Piron was a translator with the United Nations in Geneva.

    A glimpse of Esperanto can be seen at http://www.lernu.net

  4. I agree with Corcaighist: great video, great book. But Chomsky’s linguistics don’t come out of it too well. But then I never was a cartesian at heart.

  5. I’m in a bit of a shock at the moment, because I have emailed Laura Welcher before. I didn’t expect to see her in a video where she represented the Rosetta Stone Project. Great video, and I must see the rest of this talk.

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