Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues
- Pacific Time Virtual Program
$18.00
Course Summary
This course, Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues, is book talk with the author Ross Perlin offered by New Lehrhaus. It is scheduled to begin on April 30, 2026.
The total registration fee is 18. The course is conducted Online via Zoom and focuses on linguistic diversity, Jewish languages, and multilingualism.
How can a single city hold the future of the world’s vanishing voices? While half of the world’s 7,000 languages are currently endangered, contemporary New York has become a final sanctuary for linguistic diversity. In this talk, Ross Perlin—co-director of the Endangered Language Alliance (ELA) and author of Language City—reveals the hidden map of over 700 languages spoken in NYC today. Focusing on Jewish languages and the broader impact of global migration, Perlin explores the 15-year effort to document indigenous and oral traditions. We will examine how diaspora and multilingualism shape the political, social, and cultural soul of the modern "Language City."
Who this is for
- Fans of urban history and anyone curious about the "hidden" side of New York City's immigrant neighborhoods.
- Linguistics enthusiasts interested in the documentation and preservation of endangered mother tongues.
- Students of Jewish Diaspora studies looking to understand the evolution of Jewish speech in a globalized world.
- Readers of Ross Perlin’s Language City or anyone interested in the social and political implications of multilingualism.
What you'll leave with
- A profound understanding of the Endangered Language Alliance’s mapping techniques and their 15-year preservation mission.
- Insights into the specific Jewish linguistic landscape within the context of New York’s broader diversity.
- The ability to discuss how migration and urban mobility act as both a threat to and a sanctuary for the world's most vulnerable languages.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Zoom link/details will be emailed to you once you complete registration, one week before your program AND the day before. Please keep this information in a location easy to find.
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