6 Jun 2012

Endangered languages

From Nine To Noon, 9:35 am on 6 June 2012

University of Hawaii's Professor Kenneth Rehg is an expert on endangered languages - he says of the approximately 5000 languages spoken today, half are expected to be extinct by 2050. He also gives us his take on the situation facing Te Reo Maori.

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