Endangered Language Program: We Preserve More Than Words

Pass on a Living Language to Future Generations

Around the world, indigenous communities are working to preserve and revitalize their languages. Rosetta Stone is a valuable resource for these efforts. We can help indigenous communities develop editions in their language for their exclusive use.

Throughout North America—from the Mohawk community of Kahnawake in the northeast to the Seminole Tribe in the deep south to NANA Corporation’s Inupiat shareholders in the Arctic—Rosetta Stone has been selected as the technology of choice for language revitalization.

Interested in Rosetta Stone for your community? Here are some features and benefits to consider.

Community-Owned

You own the final product, so you can distribute it however you’d like. Whether that’s in schools, homes or online, you are creating a permanent asset for your community.

Culturally Relevant

Rosetta Stone software is customizable and can include images that reflect your community. For example, photos can come from tribal archives, the local paper, from a photographer or from any other source you deem appropriate.

Keeps Language Integrity

Rosetta Stone teaches entirely by immersion, not by translation like other language learning companies. This ensures that language meaning is not lost, since indigenous words are never equated with English words.

Supports Existing Efforts

Rosetta Stone strengthens the efforts of language teachers. Learners can move at their own pace through material, saving valuable face-to-face time for conversational practice and questions.

Offers Real Interactivity

Rosetta Stone is completely interactive, not simply a computerized dictionary or grammar book. It requires continual input from the learner, and provides instant feedback on listening and reading comprehension, writing and pronunciation.

Interested in using Rosetta Stone as part of your language preservation efforts? Please contact us today.