NYT: “generation ago, linguists predicted that Yurok and many other Native American languages would become extinct”

In California, Saving a Language That Predates Spanish and English

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/13/us/in-california-saving-a-language-that-predates-spanish-and-english.html?emc=edit_th_20140413&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=43453557

“It was predicted that in the year 2010 our language would be extinct. There would be no speakers. No speakers.”

Now nine people are certified to teach the Yurok language in public schools. Thanks to lobbying by a casino-rich tribe in Southern California, the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians, a law was passed in 2009 granting certification to teachers recommended by tribes themselves. The change made it easier for public schools to offer Yurok and other Native American languages.

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