Anthropologists and linguists are helping tribes in California preserve their languages.
The experts are working with tribal elders to produce dictionaries for languages like Cahuilla, Serrano and Luise�o. Some of the language are spoken only by a handful of people.
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Keeping their words
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Preserving the Language
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Experts focus on California Native languages
Monday, January 17, 2005
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