Ciao Babylon. - 1 online resource (streaming video file) (53 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

Title from title frames. Film In Process Record.

Originally produced by Documentary Educational Resources in 2017.

CIAO BABYLON takes us to New York where Dan Kaufman is committed to preserving endangered languages. The film also follows Giancarlo Malchiodi from Brooklyn to the Swiss Alps on his way to rediscover his mother tongue Romanish, a language that may die out within a few decades. Experts believe that by the end of the century half of the 6,500 languages spoken today will have vanished; and with every language dies a unique way of perceiving the world. CIAO BABYLON calls attention to this dramatic development.


Mode of access: World Wide Web.


In English,Rhaeto-Romance,Spanish,Swiss German

11379198 Kanopy


Anthropology.
Linguistics.
Documentary films.


Documentary films.