Enduring Voices Saving Disappearing Languages

Resources

The following Web sites showcase efforts to revitalize indigenous languages:

Northwest Pacific Plateau

Oklahoma and the Southwest

Mesoamerica

Northern South America

Central South America

  • Aymara (in Spanish)
  • Enlhet (Lengua, in Spanish and German)
Southern South America

  • Chile (in English, Spanish, Aymara, Rapa Nui, and Mapudungun)
  • Mapuche
Southern Africa

Western Africa

  • N'Ko (alphabet used for Manden languages)
Australia

Taiwan and the Philippines

Eastern Siberia and Alaska

Eastern India and Malaysia

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