A language previously unknown to linguists, and spoken by about 800 people has been documented in the mountains of northeast India. Researchers with National Geographic’s Enduring Voices project recorded the Koro language for the first time.
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See photos of the Enduring Voices team's expedition to Papua New Guinea and view speakers and words of the Foe, Yokoim, Wamut, Karim (Yimas), Panau, and Huli languages.
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See photos of the Enduring Voices team's expedition to Paraguay and view different words translated into the Maka, Ibytoso Ishir, and Toba-Qom languages.
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See photos from the Enduring Voices team's expedition to India in November 2008 and view different words translated into the Aka, Monpa, Nishi, and Sherdukpen languages.
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Indigenous languages are disappearing at an alarming rate, taking with them eons of cultural, ecological, and historical knowledge. See how the Enduring Voices Project is making a difference.
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The Enduring Voices Project travels to some of the most remote parts of the world to study Earth's many endangered languages. See a team of intrepid researchers in action in this video of expeditions to Northern Australia and Northeastern India.
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More than 3,500 of Earth's 7,000 languages are in danger of extinction. Linguist K. David Harrison discussed the ongoing effort to document and preserve these threatened languages at the 2008 Pop!Tech conference in Camden, Maine.
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The Enduring Voices Project represents a partnership between National Geographic Mission Programs and the Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages.
The Enduring Voices Project uses modern technology to empower indigenous communities to preserve their ancient traditions.
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Each year the Enduring Voices Project sends teams to language hotspots around the globe to interview speakers and document vanishing cultures and languages. Read about some of their latest expeditions.
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Do you know which parts of the world have the most languages in danger of extinction? Find out in this interactive map.
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The Enduring Voices Project strives to preserve endangered languages by identifying language hotspots and documenting the languages and cultures within them.
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Part travelogue and part scientist’s notebook, The Last Speakers is the poignant chronicle of K. David Harrison’s expeditions around the world to meet with last speakers of vanishing languages.
Ironbound Films' Sundance hit follows David and Gregory racing to document languages on the verge of extinction.
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