105 Journal 9

[Michelle Davidson]

Kirk Johnson’s article “Tribe Revives Language on Verge of Extinction” was really fascinating because I had never heard of Siletz before and it was neat to find out about the ways they are trying to increase people’s exposure and awareness of it. It was surprising to hear of a language where there are only five speakers- that’s such a few amount of people! I have a lot of respect for Bud Lane and all of the others who are trying to develop the Siletz Dee-ni Talking Dictionary and keep Siletz alive. I think technology does a huge service to languages like Siletz because with the click of a button people can know about the language all across the world. Siletz is reminiscent of Hebrew because Hebrew also technically died and was revived.