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Last Speaker Of A Dying Language
- The New York Times profiled Amadeo Garcia Garcia as the last speaker of Tashori, who said "it's now over for us."
- The episode uses his story to show how losing speakers means losing a language and culture.
Hebrew's Unprecedented Revival
- Hebrew survived as a liturgical and written language for two millennia despite vanishing as a daily spoken tongue.
- Its revival into daily speech within about 150 years is unprecedented in linguistic history.
From Spoken To Sacred Script
- After 70 CE the Romans' actions and later revolts ended native Hebrew speech and promoted Aramaic's dominance.
- Written Hebrew persisted in religious texts, preserving the language across centuries.