简介：THELINGUISTSfollowsDavidHarrisonandGregoryAnderson,scientistsracingtodocumentlanguagesonthevergeofextinction.DavidandGreg’sround-the-worldjourneytakesthemdeepintotheheartofthecultures,knowledge,andcommunitiesatstake. InSiberia,DavidandGregseektorecordtheChulymlanguage,whichhasn’tbeenheardbyoutsidersformorethanthirtyyears.ThelinguistsencounterremnantsoftheracistSovietregimethatmayhavesilencedChulymforgood. InIndia,tribalchildrenattendboardingschools,wheretheylearnHindiandEnglish,atrade,andthepointlessnessoftheirnativetongues.SimilarboardingschoolsfortribalchildrenexistedintheUSthroughmostofthetwentiethcentury.DavidandGregtraveltothechildren’svillages,whereeconomicunresthasstirredaviolentMaoistinsurgency.Thelinguistswitnessthefearandpovertythathavedrivenyouthfromtheirnativecommunities. InBolivia,theKallawayalanguagehassurvivedforcenturieswithfewerthanonehundredspeakers.DavidandGregtrekhighintotheAndestounlockitssecret.…