Who speaks Wukchumni? A vanishing Native American language
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In this short film, Who Speaks Wukchumni?, we meet a Native American woman named Marie Wilcox, who is the last fluent speaker of Wukchumni, and the dictionary she created. Indigenous languages around the world are vanishing at a rapid rate. In this lesson, explore what could be lost when a language disappears.
Marie's great-grandson has an easier time learning and speaking Wukchumni than her daughter. Do you think young people are more adaptable to learning a new language? Why or why not?
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