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Šmuwič

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News Story

Attitudes and Identity

Attitudes and Identity

Awakening Sleeping Languages and Language Revival

Awakening Sleeping Languages and Language Revival

Journalism and News

Journalism and News

Language and Wellbeing

Language and Wellbeing
At CSULB, a retired judge pieces together the language once spoken by her ancestors

An inspirational story about linguist and Los Angeles Superior Court judge, Deborah Sanchez who is on a journey to reclaim, revitalize, and heal Šmuwič, a language from the Chumashan language family and spoked across the region that is now know as San Luis Obispo to Malibu, whose last L1 (first-language) speaker, Mary Yee, passed in 1965. 

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https://lbpost.com/news/education/chumashan-language-revitalize-deborah-sanchez…
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