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Worlds of Difference - Finding A Voice

Tuesday, December 27, 2005 at 8pm

More than half the languages spoken around the world today will be gone before the century is over. This hour looks at what that means for the people who speak them and explores the connections between language and identity at a time of dizzying linguistic and cultural change. Stories look at efforts to revive Ladino and Welsh, contemporary musicians performing in Provençal and Maori, and an attempt to translate the Bible into an indigenous language in Mexico.

Part two of a six-hour documentary series hosted by Maria Hinojosa that explores local culture in a global age. Intimate and sound-rich, each hour addresses a major theme (the relationship between culture and place, culture and language, culture and power, culture and markets, culture and religious belief, and the challenge of diversity in multicultural societies) and contain pieces previously heard on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Living on Earth.

More information about the series is available on the Worlds of Difference website.