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Tongues of heaven / directed by Anita Chang, An-Chi Chen, Lei Kainoa Kaupu, Shin-Lan Yu, Monica Hau'oli Waiau ; written & edited by Anita Wen-Shin Chang.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- Austronesian (Other)
- Chinese
- English
- Hawaiian
- Multiple languages
- Subjects (All):
- Austronesian languages.
- Endangered languages--Hawaii.
- Endangered languages.
- Endangered languages--Pacific Area.
- Endangered languages--Taiwan.
- Language attrition.
- Hawaiian language.
- Taiwan languages.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Experimental films.
- Feature films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (61 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Third World Newsreel, 2013.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- In Hawaiian.
- In Mandarin.
- In Truku.
- In Rukai.
- In Tsou Kanakanavu.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- With 96% of the world's population speaking only 4% of the world's languages, what does it mean to speak your mother tongue in this age of language homogenization? Set in Taiwan and Hawai'i, territories where Austronesian languages are spoken, the experimental feature documentary Tongues of heaven focuses on the questions, desires, and challenges of young Indigenous peoples to learn the languages of their forebears -- languages that are endangered or facing extinction.
- Participant:
- Featuring: An-Chi Chen, Shin-Lan Yu, and others.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed December 02, 2024).
- OCLC:
- 1478553314
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