Language Matters with Bob Holman

Language Matters with Bob Holman

110 mins | Documentary, History | Jan. 25, 2015

There are over 6,000 languages in the world. We lose one every two weeks. Hundreds will be lost within the next generation. By the end of this century, half of the world's languages will have vanished. Language Matters with Bob Holman is a two hour documentary that asks: What do we lose when a language dies? What does it take to save a language?

Language Matters with Bob Holman

110 mins | Documentary, History | Jan. 25, 2015

Language Matters with Bob Holman
There are over 6,000 languages in the world. We lose one every two weeks. Hundreds will be lost within the next generation. By the end of this century, half of the world's languages will have vanished. Language Matters with Bob Holman is a two hour documentary that asks: What do we lose when a language dies? What does it take to save a language?
Producers Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
Original title Language Matters with Bob Holman
Directors David Grubin
Writers David Grubin

Cast

Bob Holman

as Narrator and Host