OF THE thousands of languages now spoken in the world, about two dozen die out in any given year, linguists believe. But Mashpee resident Jessie Little Doe Baird is showing that, in the right circumstances, vanished tongues may yet be spoken again. Baird, the 46-year old director of the Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project, won a so-called “genius’’ grant this week for her initiative to revive the language of her Wampanoag ancestors. The honor is richly deserved.
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