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Amazon.com ReviewFrom The Last Speakers Click on the photos below to open larger images.Photo by K. David HarrisonPhoto by Kelly J. RichardsonPhoto by Chris RainierPhoto by Chris RainierPhoto by Gregory AndersonPhoto by Chris RainierPhoto by Chris RainierPhoto by Kelly J. RichardsonFromParallel to the extinction of biological species in our world, human languages are disappearing one by one. These tongues originated over millennia inside geographically isolated communities for whom modern methods of transportation and communication have proven mixed blessings. Harrison details the work of linguists who are speeding to preserve these tongues for posterity. He travels to Siberia to meet Aunt Marta, one of the last speakers of Tofa, a Turkic tongue. Although a scientist and a rigorous analyst of language grammars and structures, Harrison is particularly intrigued by the personalities of these mostly elderly yet fully engaged people who bravely face the end of what has been a nurturing society. Harrison compellingly details reasons why the rest of the world ought to care about these vanishing languages and what can be done to ensure that they live on despite the irresistible ascendancy

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Author

K. David Harrison

Publisher

National Geographic Society

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9781426204616

Category

history

Subjects

Anthropology, Literary Fiction, Language Learning

Rating

3.78 / 5 (288 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14