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How to Kill a Language: Power, Resistance and the Race to Save Our Word: Sophia Smith Galer in conversation

By the end of this century half of the world’s 7000 languages will be gone. Killed by war, climate breakdown, migration, nationalism, or neglect – and losing with it the vital knowledge that they have sustained for centuries. Sophia Smith Galer – inspired by her Nonna’s passing, who spoke an endangered Italian “dialët” – journeyed across the globe to report on this disappearing world. Sophia is joined in conversation with broadcaster Huw Stephens.