[cr-india] Globally - community radio offers a way to preserve dying languages

[Arti Jaiman]

An interesting article in The Atlantic about how the passing of the community radio act last year in the US can help prevent the disappearance of endangered languages among native Americans. Extremely relevant in our context and the hundreds of dialects that in danger of disappearing. 

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/print/2012/08/radio-free-cherokee-endangered-languages-take-to-the-airwaves/261165/

Arti Jaiman

Station Director : Gurgaon Ki Awaaz Samudayik Radio Station 107.8 MHz FM
email: arti at trfindia.org
website: www.trfindia.org 

Gurgaon Ki Awaaz is the first and only civil-society-led community radio station in the National Capital Region of Delhi. Since 2009, we have been broadcasting 22X7, in Hindi and Haryanvi, with a team of community reporters who generate community content with community participation. 
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