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Also by K. David Harrison:

The Last Speakers, October 2010
Hardcover

THE LAST SPEAKERS
By: K. David Harrison

The Last Speakers: The Quest to Save the World's Most Endangered Languages

National Geographic
October 2010
On Sale: September 21, 2010
304 pages
ISBN: 1426204612
EAN: 9781426204616
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction

Part travelogue and part scientist's notebook, The Last Speakers is the poignant chronicle of author K. David Harrison's expeditions around the world to meet with last speakers of vanishing languages. The speakers' eloquent reflections and candid photographs reveal little-known lifeways as well as revitalization efforts to teach disappearing languages to younger generations. Thought-provoking and engaging, this unique book illuminates the global language-extinction crisis through photos, graphics, interviews, traditional wisdom never before translated into English, and first-person essays that thrillingly convey the adventure of science and exploration.

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All Things Considered - October 5, 2010