Language Matters with Bob Holman

What does it take to save a language?

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Language Matters with Bob Holman
5.0/ 5January 25, 20151h 50m

There are over 6,000 languages in the world. We lose one every two weeks. Hundreds will be lost within the next generation. By the end of this century, half of the world's languages will have vanished. Language Matters with Bob Holman is a two hour documentary that asks: What do we lose when a language dies? What does it take to save a language?

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Cast

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Bob Holman

Self - Narrator / Host

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Arlene W. Eaton

Self

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Pele Harmon

Self

K

Kauanoe Kamana

Self

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Larry Kimura

Self

K

Kepa Maly

Self

W

William Stanley Merwin

Self

L

Lolena Nicholas

Self

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Puakea Nogelmeier

Self

K

Keali'i Reichel

Self

K

Kaui Sai-Dudoit

Self

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Nick Evans

Self

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