19 min listen
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Length:
20 minutes
Released:
Jan 26, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Ekegusii is spoken by about two million Kenyans but has been losing ground to Swahili and English. Now it is taught in some schools, thanks to local language activists assisted by American linguists.
Released:
Jan 26, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (27)
The speechways of the folk: Does your grandmother call a chest of drawers a dresser? Or a bureau? Or perhaps a chiffonier? Over the years and across regions, Americans have favored many different words for furniture—and much else. Since 1929, the Linguistic Atlas Project has been d by Subtitle