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An Endangered Language

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What happens when your language is in critical danger of dying out? This is true for the majority of Indigenous tribal languages in the United States. Meet Ofelia Zepeda, a UA linguistics professor who has spent her life’s work preserving the Tohono O’odham language. She, along with two parents, share their efforts to preserve this important heritage for future generations.

Producer:Nina Shelton
Videographer/Editor: John DeSoto
Additional music by Ivan Burrell and Antoinette Encinas with the Mission San Xavier del Bac

Interim Series Producer, Arizona Illustrated