Back from the (Nearly) Dead. Reviving Indigenous Languages across North America. Johansen, B. E American Indian Quarterly, 28(3):566–582, 2004.
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The people of the Cochiti Pueblo were moved to revitalize their language after they conducted a survey that disclosed that all of its fluent speakers were thirty-five years of age or older. The few speakers under age thirty-five were semiliterate, according to Mary Eunice Romero, a Karas (Pueblo). Romero then asked, "What is going to happen to our language in 20 years when those [who are] 35 years old become 55? In 20 more years, when they're 75?"1
@article{johansen_back_2004,
	title = {Back from the ({Nearly}) {Dead}. {Reviving} {Indigenous} {Languages} across {North} {America}},
	volume = {28},
	issn = {1534-1828},
	url = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/4138932},
	doi = {10.1353/aiq.2004.0099},
	abstract = {The people of the Cochiti Pueblo were moved to revitalize their language after they conducted a survey that disclosed that all of its fluent speakers were thirty-five years of age or older. The few speakers under age thirty-five were semiliterate, according to Mary Eunice Romero, a Karas (Pueblo). Romero then asked, "What is going to happen to our language in 20 years when those [who are] 35 years old become 55? In 20 more years, when they're 75?"1},
	number = {3},
	journal = {American Indian Quarterly},
	author = {Johansen, Bruce E},
	year = {2004},
	pmid = {16794908},
	pages = {566--582},
}

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