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EPISODE · Dec 8, 2020 · 54 MIN

Interview with Tim Brookes, founder of Endangered Alphabets

from Words for Granted - An etymology and linguistics podcast

In this interview episode, I speak with Tim Brookes, founder of the Endangered Alphabets Project. Among many other things, we discuss why preserving endangered writing systems is so important to the cultures that use them, how writings systems become endangered in the first place, and Tim's fundraiser to raise awareness about the Mongolian script through an original board game.  You can learn more about Tim and his work at the links below.  https://www.endangeredalphabets.com/ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/endangeredatlas/ulus-a-game-to-save-a-culture/

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