Siletz http://nwpr.org en "Talking Dictionaries" Help Preserve Endangered Tribal Languages http://nwpr.org/post/talking-dictionaries-help-preserve-endangered-tribal-languages <p>VANCOUVER, Canada - Usually it is good news when the Northwest appears on a top five list. But this one is not. Our region ranks near the top of a list of global hotspots for disappearing languages. The reason is that speakers of Native American languages are dwindling. Correspondent Tom Banse reports on how digital technology is coming to the rescue of some ancient tongues. Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:22:13 +0000 Tom Banse 3734 at http://nwpr.org "Talking Dictionaries" Help Preserve Endangered Tribal Languages