Linguistic Diversity and Language Endangerment in the Himalayas
[audio:https://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/bitstream/1810/244041/1/BBC_OLIYH_Nepal_03Dec2012.mp3] Landlocked and mountainous Nepal is home to over 100 languages, many of which are now endangered. Languages spoken for generations may soon be extinct. Anthropologist and linguist Dr Mark Turin has spent years talking to the last speakers of languages under threat, and now he returns to the Himalayas to show us how communities […]