Interview With NAU Professor Jon Reyhner (language)


KNAU And Arizona News
3:40 AM
FRI MAY 31, 2013

Stabilizing Indigenous Languages: An Interview With NAU Professor Jon Reyhner

This weekend, Northern Arizona University will host an international conference on stabilizing indigenous languages. Language experts estimate that hundreds - if not thousands - of native languages have been lost worldwide over the last century, mainly due to the influence of outside cultures and ideologies. Jon Reyhner teaches bi-lingual multicultural education at NAU. He spoke with Arizona Public Radio's Gillian Ferris about what it means to stabilize these languages.

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