Comments on: SPEAKING IN TONGUES — SOME FAKE, SOME DYING http://www.populationstatistic.com/archives/2007/09/20/speaking-in-tongues-some-fake-some-dying/ Read. React. Repeat. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:57:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Population Statistic http://www.populationstatistic.com/archives/2007/09/20/speaking-in-tongues-some-fake-some-dying/#comment-400889 Population Statistic Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:17:25 +0000 http://www.populationstatistic.com/archives/2007/09/20/speaking-in-tongues-some-fake-some-dying/#comment-400889 <strong>SPEAKING AVATAR-ESE...</strong> Part of the production-prep for this weekend's blockbuster release of Avatar was the commissioned creation of a full-fledged language for the film's aliens. And indeed, with the movie now out in theaters, the analytical dissection of Na'vi has heate... SPEAKING AVATAR-ESE…

Part of the production-prep for this weekend’s blockbuster release of Avatar was the commissioned creation of a full-fledged language for the film’s aliens. And indeed, with the movie now out in theaters, the analytical dissection of Na’vi has heate…

]]> By: Population Statistic http://www.populationstatistic.com/archives/2007/09/20/speaking-in-tongues-some-fake-some-dying/#comment-400514 Population Statistic Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:24:17 +0000 http://www.populationstatistic.com/archives/2007/09/20/speaking-in-tongues-some-fake-some-dying/#comment-400514 <strong>KLINGON IN THE CRIB...</strong> In the name of science — or is it science fiction? — a professional language expert spoke only Klingon to his newborn son for the first three years of the child’s life: “I was interested in the question of whether my son, going ... KLINGON IN THE CRIB…

In the name of science — or is it science fiction? — a professional language expert spoke only Klingon to his newborn son for the first three years of the child’s life:
“I was interested in the question of whether my son, going …

]]> By: Population Statistic http://www.populationstatistic.com/archives/2007/09/20/speaking-in-tongues-some-fake-some-dying/#comment-387277 Population Statistic Sat, 21 Feb 2009 20:41:59 +0000 http://www.populationstatistic.com/archives/2007/09/20/speaking-in-tongues-some-fake-some-dying/#comment-387277 <strong>MAPPING OUR DYING LANGUAGES...</strong> About half of the 6,700 languages now spoken on Earth are likely to depart from living memory within decades, and UNESCO has an interactive global map that shows you where the endangered linguistic zones are. Sobering. Being bilingual myself, and self-... MAPPING OUR DYING LANGUAGES…

About half of the 6,700 languages now spoken on Earth are likely to depart from living memory within decades, and UNESCO has an interactive global map that shows you where the endangered linguistic zones are.
Sobering. Being bilingual myself, and self-…

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