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From http://www.voanews.com

New Documentary Film Tracks Languages
By Paul Sisco
October 17, 2008

Scientists who study linguistics estimate that half the world's spoken languages are likely to disappear in this century. VOA's Paul Sisco spoke with the director of a new documentary film that chronicles the work of two scientists who are traveling the world in a race to preserve what they can.

The film is called The Linguists. Funded in part by the National Science Foundation, it follows the work of two scientists who are documenting and archiving languages that are dying around the world.

Read the entire article at http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-10-17-voa14.cfm .

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