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The Vanishing Words: How Languages Die and What We Can Do to Save Them
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The Vanishing Words: How Languages Die and What We Can Do to Save Them

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Feb 28, 2025
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Languages aren’t just words, they’re entire worlds of history, identity, and culture. But like species, languages can go extinct. In Otherwords’ latest episode, host Erica Brozovsky, Ph.D., explores the different stages of language death—and whether some can be revived.

From Latin’s persistence as a dead language to the incredible revival of Hebrew, this…

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