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Ciao Babylon.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 11379198 | KanopyPublisher: Documentary Educational Resources, 2017Publisher: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2020Description: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (53 minutes): digital, .flv file, soundContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
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  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Online resources: Summary: 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.
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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

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