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Twitter Links Digital tools 'to save languages'
Facebook, YouTube and even texting will be the salvation of many of the world's endangered languages, scientists believe. Of the 7,000 or so languages…

February 18 2012, 6:35pm | Comments
Link The last stand of the Amazon
The best way to think about the remaining tribes in 2011 is to imagine a series of concentric circles, all of which interact on each boundary. There are the tribes…

April 4 2011, 12:07pm | Comments
Link A Reporter at Large: The Interpreter
In the wake of the controversy that greeted his paper, Everett encouraged scholars to come to the Amazon and observe the Pirahã for themselves. The first person to take him…

February 21 2010, 5:00pm | Comments
Wikipedia Cargo cult A cargo cult is a type of religious practice that may appear in traditional tribal societies in the wake of interaction with technologically advanced cultures. The cults are…

January 8 2010, 10:51am | Comments
Link Daniel Everett Debunks the Essence of Human Language
Professor Daniel Everett, author of Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes, discusses the importance of preserving dying languages. He describes his experience living with the Piraha people in Brazil, and explores…

July 9 2009, 1:28am | Comments
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