Language Matters with Bob Holman
What does it take to save a language?
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- History
- Documentary
Overview
There are over 6,000 languages in the world. We lose one every two weeks. Hundreds will be lost within the next generation. By the end of this century, half of the world's languages will have vanished. Language Matters with Bob Holman is a two hour documentary that asks: What do we lose when a language dies? What does it take to save a language?
Keywords
- language
- speech
- crisis
- foreign language
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 25, 2015
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English, Welsh
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- PBS
- Cast
- Puakea Nogelmeier,Larry Kimura,William Stanley Merwin,Arlene W. Eaton,Kaui Sai-Dudoit,Keali'i Reichel,Pele Harmon,Kepa Maly,Nick Evans,Gwyneth Lewisand 3 more
- Director
- David Grubin
- Writer
- David Grubin
- Cinematography
- Robert Richman,James Callanan
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- Homepage
- Official site
- IMDb
- tt3797498