Endangered Language Program
We Preserve More Than Words
Pass on a Living Language to Future Generations
Across North America and around the world, indigenous communities are working to preserve and revitalise their languages. Rosetta Stone can be a valuable resource for these efforts. Indigenous communities contract Rosetta Stone to develop editions in their language for their exclusive use. Around 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 revitalisation.
Interested in Rosetta Stone for your community? Some features to consider:
Community-Owned
The final product is owned by you. Distribute it as you wish: in schools, in homes, or online. You are creating a permanent asset for your community.
Culturally Relevant
Rosetta Stone is customizable. It can teach from images that reflect your community. Photos can come from tribal archives, the local paper, from our photographer, or yours.
Language Integrity
Rosetta Stone teaches entirely by immersion, not by translation like any other language learning competitors. Immersion ensures that language meaning is not lost, as it never equates indigenous words with English words.
Multiplies Existing Efforts
Rosetta Stone multiplies 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.
Really Teaches
Rosetta Stone is entirely interactive. Rosetta Stone is not a computerised dictionary or grammar book. It requires continual input from the learner, and provides instant and patient feedback on listening and reading comprehension, writing, and pronunciation.
Interested in using Rosetta Stone as part of your language preservation efforts? Please contact us.
