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Project attempts to revive dead language of Haliwa-Saponi tribe

How do you create a word for a toaster? For a filing cabinet? How do you rebuild a language that has been largely lost, while simultaneously updating it with words that never existed in the first place? (Video by: Maryam Mohamed / UNC Media Hub)
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How do you create a word for a toaster? For a filing cabinet? How do you rebuild a language that has been largely lost, while simultaneously updating it with words that never existed in the first place? (Video by: Maryam Mohamed / UNC Media Hub)

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Posted 2019-05-03T16:33:00-0400 - Updated 2019-05-06T14:40:00-0400