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UNESCO2014 Theme: Local languages for global citizenship: spotlight on science1999- UNESCO announces International Mother Language Day 2008 - International Year of Languages, Why Feb 21st student action to promote Bangla as a second language of Pakistan

Why is language important?

http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/enduring-voices/

Culture - The Language of SnowSami Language spoken by 1, 7000 people who live in Guovdageaidnu in Northern Norway, and herd 93,500 reindeers Snow covers the ground for more than 7 months a yearTheir words for snow tell them about the type, density, depth, and layers of snow, about the winds, temperatures, and effects on the ground and on trees.

MUOHTA= SNOW snow-covered ground GEARDNI= SNOW thin crust of snow GUOLDU = SNOW a cloud of snow which blows up from the ground when there is a hard frost without very much wind. http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/events/prizes-and-celebrations/celebrations/international-days/international-mother-language-day-2014/the-language-of-snow/

If I forget my native speechAnd the songs that my people singWhat use are my eyes and ears?What use is my mouth?

by Alitet Nemtushkin, Evenki poetHow many living languages do you think there are in the world?7, 105Which languages have over 80 million speakers?ChineseSpanishEnglishHindiArabicPortugueseBengaliRussianJapaneseWhich languages have over 80 million speakers?Vietnamese - 68 millionFrench 68.5 millionHow many different languages are spoken in one country?AustraliaFranceChinaIndonesiaUKSouth AfricaUS245301627074204455Vietnam111ExtinctEndangered

How many living languages do you think there will be in the world by 2100?7, 105- 3,000Languages Lost and Found

http://vimeo.com/20073639 Vanishing Voices1 language dies every 2 weeksBy 2100 half of our languages will be lost

What is lost when a language goes silent?

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/07/vanishing-languages/johnson-photography

Endangered Languages

http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/#/4/43.300/-2.104/0/100000/0/low/mid/high/unknown

Language Chemehuevi -USAI speak it inside my heartJohnny Hill, Jr., is one of the last speakers of Chemehuevi, an endangered Native American language: Its like a bird losing feathers. You see one float by, and there it goesanother word gone.

Language- Euchee -USA

I dont want to seethis language die out. Kasa Henry Washburn, OklahomaKasa, 86, is one of only four fluent speakers of Euchee left. He helps children learn their native language but sometimes they get into trouble at school for sepaking this. They call him a living dictionary.

Language- Wintu -USa

This mountainhas my heart.Caleen Sisk, CaliforniaCaleen is the spiritual leader and the tribal chief of the Winnemem Wintu tribeand a last speaker of the languageLoss of land and loss of language and identity are connected, says Sisk.

Tuvan Language - Russia

Only 235,000 speakersSONGGAAR means go back, the futureBURUNGAAR meansgo forward, the pastTuvans believe the past is ahead of them while the future lies behind. The children who flock to this bungee-cord ride outside the National Museum of Tuva look to the future, but its behind them, not yet seen

Talking Dictionaries

http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/enduring-voices/talking-dictionaries/

Living Tongueshttp://www.endangeredlanguages.com/

Adopt a languageValue your own languageshttp://www.livingtongues.org/http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/