In this episode, I bring you a touching interview with Alexa Little, a computational linguist who runs a non-profit building language apps for languages that REALLY need them.

Endangered Language Revival with Alexa Little from 7000 Languages

One common question about endangered languages is what that definition actually means. Here is how Alexa put it:

An endangered language is a language that is no longer being transmitted from older generations to younger generations. An indigenous language is a language that is spoken or belongs to an indigenous people.

In this interview, you'll hear about

Plus a really good definition of the language vs dialect hot potato. 🥔

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Special Guest: Alexa Little.

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