• 2010
  • 6:15
  • USA

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Last Words from Hopi High

By Brett Myers

For nearly a thousand years the Hopi people of Arizona have lived on the same three mesas and for all that time they’ve spoken the Hopi language. But now elders and youth alike say the language is dying. (more)

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  • 2010
  • 58:30
  • USA

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Re:sound #132: The Lost Show

By Various

This hour: looking for the intangible. What's lost and what might be found.
Co-produced by Jacob Anderson. (more)

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  • 2003
  • 27:39
  • South Africa / UK

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The Last Voice of an Ancient Tongue

By ABC Ulwazi

Elsie Vaalbooi was the last speaker of !Auni, the ancient language of South Africa's first peoples. Producer Siven Maslamoney tells the story of how languages die and how Elsie's people have been driven to extinction. (more)

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  • 2004
  • 7:33
  • USA

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Geekspeak

By Pamela Z

The origins of Geekspeak lie in a 1995 artist residency Pamela Z participated in at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center. (more)

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  • 2012
  • 2:48
  • France

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Pink Pong

By Daniel Martin-Borret

Louise tries to teach me singing, and Philip speaks about silence and writing. (more)

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  • 2011
  • 5:53
  • USA

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99% Invisible: A Designed Language

By Roman Mars

What would it be like if, in addition to our native languages, we could communicate across cultures in a neutral second language? (more)

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  • 2005
  • 28:40
  • UK

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Hearing Voices

By John Wynne

Hearing Voices is a compelling and adventurous exploration of languages on the verge of extinction. (more)

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  • 2008
  • 2:51
  • USA

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Cicatrix

By Joan Schuman

"Cicatrix" resonates in regenerative acts, resiliency, rootedness, and irreparably damaged nerves as it tries to imagine one woman's language of war. (more)

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