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Technology reviving language

In Chile, teens hip-hop in Huilliche; in the Philippines, they send text messages in Kapampangan. Young people around the world are making use of the Internet, texting and radio to communicate in their endangered regional dialects. Whether this communication takes the form of hip-hop songs or Internet videos, technology is helping to keep minority languages alive. Read more at Hip-hop, texting may help save world's languages.