28 min
Ep. 2.1 - An Teanga: The Tongue Common Éire
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- Places & Travel
About 40,000 people speak the Irish language; 200 speak Eastern Band Cherokee. Both languages are considered endangered in their homeland.
In this episode, Dr. Ben Frey of the Eastern Band Cherokee Nation and Dr. Misha Becker, linguistics professors at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, share their experience of passing the state’s native tongue on to the next generation — whether through Motorola smartphone software or hip hop compilations.
About 40,000 people speak the Irish language; 200 speak Eastern Band Cherokee. Both languages are considered endangered in their homeland.
In this episode, Dr. Ben Frey of the Eastern Band Cherokee Nation and Dr. Misha Becker, linguistics professors at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, share their experience of passing the state’s native tongue on to the next generation — whether through Motorola smartphone software or hip hop compilations.
28 min