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Not Even in the Dictionary

Published: Feb. 26, 2020, 7:57 p.m.

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I\\xf1upiaq dialects\\u2014spoken by people in the northernmost parts of Alaska\\u2014are considered \\xa0\\u201cseverely endangered,\\u201d with about 2,000 native speakers of these dialects alive today.

In this episode of Material Memory, we chat with the people who are preserving, transcribing, and translating collections of audio and video recordings of I\\xf1upiaq dialects. They discuss the joys and challenges of preserving the history and culture of the people for the next generation.

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