Vanishing Voices

[@alwynjeddore6792]

I'm part of a language that is on the verge on dying out completely. I am a fluent Mi'kmaq speaker, First Nations of Canada. We have less than 10,000 speakers out of a population of 40,000? Where the # of actual fluent speakers are less than 3000-4000. With only a very small number of youth who actually speak fluent. Our language comes from the Algic, Algonquian language family.

[@sultanalrasheedi]

no surprise, that is Cambridge... where the original research and the world's brightest and most productive people. by such an university we can survive, develop, and learn as human being. Thank you Dr Mark.

[@cambridgeuniversity]

We are urgently seeking additional funding to increase the number of endangered cultural traditions that we can help to document and protect, and time is running out. Donations will be directed to core activities: providing grants to fieldworkers, archiving and publishing recordings of oral literature, and organising training workshops for community researchers.

[@cambridgeuniversity]

Thanks for your interest - there are many ways to get involved, including applying for one of our grants. This important work cannot continue without the financial support of individuals and institutions who believe that valuing and documenting linguistic and cultural diversity is a goal in itself.

[@burtwonk]

Great job, Dr. Turin. You're doing something incredible.

[@cdhelennh]

非常好！希望这个项目能帮到中国的一些少数民族。Well done! I would like to bridge your project to some ethnic groups in SW China. Thanks for the great video!

[@florydory]

As stated in the video, there are approximately 3,000 endangered languages. Gaining access to a community, then coding their languages and cultural knowledge is a painstaking process. Even with all of Cambridge's resources, they could not do it alone.

[@zdon25]

Another great video. Thanks Cambridge U.

[@TheLyther]

Nice video

[@cambridgeuniversity]

We are open to discussing partnerships or collaborations with like- minded organisations, institutions and foundations. Please contact us and become part of this exciting endeavour, Google: world oralliterature

[@9zreed]

@elvein1 unfortunately Cambridge is a self admitted corporation. The desire for money and funding is too great for them to do something like that for free and on their own.