Nationality American, Canadian Home town Philadelphia Role Linguist | Name K. Harrison Books When languages die | |
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Known for Author, When Languages Die: The Extinction of the World's Languages and the Erosion of Human Knowledge; The Last Speakers: The Quest to Save the World's Most Endangered Languages, Documentary film star in 2008 film The Linguists Organizations founded | ||
when languages die author linguist k david harrison
K. David Harrison (born 1966), is an American-Canadian linguist anthropologist, author and activist for the documentation and preservation of endangered languages teaching at Swarthmore College and affiliated with the National Geographic Society. His research focuses on the Turkic languages of central Siberia and western Mongolia. He co-starred in Ironbound Films' Emmy-nominated 2008 documentary film The Linguists. He serves as director of research for the non-profit Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages.
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Harrison has done field work on several endangered languages in Siberia and Mongolia including Tuvan, Tsengel Tuvan, Tofa, Ös, Monchak, Munda, and also in Paraguay, Chile, Papua New Guinea, India, Micronesia and Vanuatu. He specializes in phonology, particularly vowel harmony, lexicography, and in the study of language endangerment, extinction and revitalization.
Linguist k david harrison launches talking dictionaries for endangered languages
