Reviving Brazil's indigenous languages
Thousands of indigenous languages have disappeared in Brazil since it was colonized by Portugal in the 16th century.
But more than 200 still survive in Latin America's biggest country, including one that was "resuscitated"—with the help of its last remaining speaker—by experts at the Federal University of Para in northern Brazil.
Nelivaldo Cardoso Santana, a linguistics professor, tells AFP how he and his team were able to help 80 Xipaya indigenous people from the Xingu region learn to speak their ancestral language.
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