LOST LANGUAGES
7ÌýFebruary 2004
Presented by Sandi Toksvig
With half the world’s languages threatened over the next century what experiences and memories will disappear with them?
Guests Mark Abley Journalist and author whose new book Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages is a fascinating insight into some of the world’s disappearing tongues.
Dan Everett Professor of Linguistics at Manchester University who has spent much of his professional life living with the Pee-de Han people of the Brazilian Amazon.
Cicely Berry Voice Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company who, from Brazil to China and many points in between, has considered the way people use their voices.
Books: Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages By Mark Abley Published by Heinemann ISBN: 0434011533
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PRESENTER BIOGRAPHIES
Sandi Toksvig: The daughter of a foreign correspondent, Sandi has been travelling all her life more info
John McCarthy is a widely travelled journalist and presenter with a particular interest in the Middle East.
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