To celebrate the newly-released book, "Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York," we revisit a conversation with author Ross Perlin from 2022. Ross is a Columbia professor, linguist, and co-director of the Endangered Language Alliance. In this conversation, he previews several of the fascinating topics which later appear in Language City, such New York's linguistic hyperdiversity and the importance of language preservation, as well as the stories of speakers of endangered languages like Seke and Lenape. Learn more about Language City here: https://groveatlantic.com/book/language-city/ Learn more about the Endangered Language Alliance Here: https://www.elalliance.org/ Learn more about the Languages of New York City map: https://languagemap.nyc/  

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