Language Matters with Bob Holman
Language Matters with Bob Holman

What does it take to save a language?

10.0
2015
1h 50m
HD
HistoryDocumentary

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?

Top Cast

B

Bob Holman

Self - Narrator / Host

A

Arlene W. Eaton

Self

P

Pele Harmon

Self

K

Kauanoe Kamana

Self

L

Larry Kimura

Self

K

Kepa Maly

Self

W

William Stanley Merwin

Self

L

Lolena Nicholas

Self

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