# How to save a language from extinction

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED Residency
- Speaker: Daniel Bögre Udell
- Year: 2019
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Languages and linguistics, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_bogre_udell_how_to_save_a_language_from_extinction)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

As many as 3,000 languages could disappear within the next 80 years, all but silencing entire cultures. In this quick talk, language activist Daniel Bögre Udell shows how people around the world are finding new ways to revive ancestral languages and rebuild their traditions -- and encourages us all to investigate the tongues of our ancestors. "Reclaiming your language and embracing your culture is a powerful way to be yourself," he says.

## Lectures

1. [How to save a language from extinction](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/daniel_bogre_udell_how_to_save_a_language_from_extinction/ddbbf437f635), 7 min (TED's player)