Endangered Languages and Lost Knowledge
Today I came across a fascinating video entitled Endangered Languages and Lost Knowledge in which Daniel Everett talks about the Pirahã language, among others things.
The video is also available here.
May 26th, 2010 in
Endangered languages, Language
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.
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.
I’ve watched this video before. It’s fascinating indeed!
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
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.
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.