In Nambucca Heads, the Guymbaynggirr people work to revive a near extinct language, while in Alice Springs vibrant languages learned at home are struggling to survive government policies and cultural prejudices. |
Jessie Little Doe Baird, a member of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe, in Massachusetts, received a MacArthur grant, in 2010, for her efforts to revive her people's extinct language, Wôpanâak. |
Welsh emerged in the 6th century from Common Brittonic, the common ancestor of Welsh, Breton, Cornish and the extinct language known as Cumbric. |
Also notable are the extinct language Cumbric, and possibly the extinct Pictish. |
An extinct language – there are so many to choose from. |
But an extinct language can re-appear, UNESCO says, and this is what the Yaaku are trying to achieve. |