Lid Is On - Dying Languages

Maximiliano Bazan, a Mextec language speaker, originally from Guerrero, Mexico, at the Endangered Language Alliance office in New York.

Indigenous language speakers from Oaxaca Mexico, Alejandra Luiz (l) and Tadii Angeles (R) at Columbia University’s first Mother Tongues Book Fair in 2018. Ms. Luiz speaks the indigenous language Zapotec and Ms. Angeles speaks the Cuicatec language.

Daniel Kaufman, Founder & Executive Director of the Endangered Language Alliance (ELA) at the ELA office in New York

A member of the Chief Joseph Chatoyer Dance Company, customed in the Garifuna traditional colors of yellow, black and white, sings the national anthem at an event celebrating Garifuna heritage at New York’s City Hall. 2018.