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Bibliography

"Empowering Communities To Teach, Learn & Sustain Their Languages". 7000 Languages. Retrieved 2022-10-10.^[1]
- This is a website from 7000 Languages which explains the mission, values, and achievements of the organization.
Jordan, Sarah-Claire. “What Causes the Death of a Language?” Alpha Omega Translations. May 2015.^[2]
- This is a website from a company that writes for government and public bodies, with glossaries, translations, and other forms of publishing.
Oregonian/OregonLive, Special to The (2022-03-06). "The quest to save Oregon's Kalapuya: 'You lose a language, you lose a culture'". oregonlive. Retrieved 2022-10-11.^[3]
- This is a website that explains the efforts of the Siletz tribe in publishing and producing copies of their Kalapuya dictionary.
"Why There's A Language Learning Gap In The United States". www.wbur.org. Retrieved 2022-10-11.^[4]
- Website citing Marty Abbot from the American Council on the 7 Teaching of Foreign Languages, an official organization.
Ginsburgh, Victor; Weber, Shlomo (2020-06-01). "The Economics of Language". Journal of Economic Literature. 58 (2): 348–404. doi:10.1257/jel.20191316. ISSN 0022-0515^[5]

References

^ "Empowering Communities To Teach, Learn & Sustain Their Languages". 7000 Languages. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
^ Translations, Alpha Omega (2015-05-26). "What Causes the Death of a Language?". Alpha Omega Translations. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
^ Oregonian/OregonLive, Special to The (2022-03-06). "The quest to save Oregon's Kalapuya: 'You lose a language, you lose a culture'". oregonlive. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
^ "Why There's A Language Learning Gap In The United States". www.wbur.org. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
^ Ginsburgh, Victor; Weber, Shlomo (June 2020). "The Economics of Language". Journal of Economic Literature. 58 (2): 348–404. doi:10.1257/jel.20191316. ISSN 0022-0515.

[1] "Empowering Communities To Teach, Learn & Sustain Their Languages". 7000 Languages. Retrieved 2022-10-11.

[2] Translations, Alpha Omega (2015-05-26). "What Causes the Death of a Language?". Alpha Omega Translations. Retrieved 2022-10-07.

[3] Oregonian/OregonLive, Special to The (2022-03-06). "The quest to save Oregon's Kalapuya: 'You lose a language, you lose a culture'". oregonlive. Retrieved 2022-10-11.

[4] "Why There's A Language Learning Gap In The United States". www.wbur.org. Retrieved 2022-10-11.

[5] Ginsburgh, Victor; Weber, Shlomo (June 2020). "The Economics of Language". Journal of Economic Literature. 58 (2): 348–404. doi:10.1257/jel.20191316. ISSN 0022-0515.

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