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    An Effort to Save Endangered Languages

    Every day, indigenous languages in Latin America are slipping away.

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    Quechua-speaking children from Colquepata, Peru line up with linguist Susan Kalt in front of their school last summer.
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    Susan Kalt
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    A farmer prepares to thresh wheat in Chuquisaca, Bolivia, a Quechua-speaking community.
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    Susan Kalt
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    Filmmaker Roberto Olivares captures Silvestre Pantaleón, a native speaker of San Agustín Oapan Nahuatl, making rope in a documentary that bears his name.
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    Jonathan Amith
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    Jonathan Amith, an anthropologist whose research focuses on Nahuatl languages of Mexico, records texts with Rutilia Barrera and Paula Pantaleón, two native speakers from San Agustín Oapan, Guerrero.
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    Jonathan Amith
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    Indigenous linguists and educators at Universidad Mayor de San Simon in Cochabamba, Bolivia lead the effort to document and revitalize their languages.
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    Susan Kalt
  • Published
    5 Images

    An Effort to Save Endangered Languages

    Every day, indigenous languages in Latin America are slipping away.

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