Laura Tohe (Superstition Mountains, Arizona).

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Navajo woman in front of the Supersition Mountains in Arizona

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At a time when it’s more important than ever for America to embrace its diversity, photojournalistB.A.

Van Sisetraveled the country to examine its endangered languages.

Tongva woman in Los Angeles

Virginia Carmelo (Los Angeles, California). Language: Tongva

Virginia Carmelo (Los Angeles, California).

Language: Tongva

Citlali Arvizo (Los Angeles, California).

Language: Nahuatl

Nina Fifelov (Nicolaevsk, Alaska).

Nahuatl woman sitting in a yellow bedroom

Citlali Arvizo (Los Angeles, California). Language: Nahuatl

Language: Alaskan Russian

Sarah DeHerrera (Atoka, Oklahoma).

Language: Oklahoma Choctaw.

Sylvan Esh (Gordonsville, Pennsylvania).

“On the National Language” by B.A. Sise

Nina Fifelov (Nicolaevsk, Alaska). Language: Alaskan Russian

Language: Pennsylvania Dutch

Rebecca Henry Davis (Opelousas, Louisiana).

Language: Kouri-vini (Louisiana Creole)

Nihahsennaa Peters (St. Armand, New York).

Language: Mohawk

Sarah Aroeste (New York, New York).

Choctaw woman jumping into a pond

Sarah DeHerrera (Atoka, Oklahoma). Language: Oklahoma Choctaw.

Language: Judaeo-Spanish

“On the National Language” by B.A. Sise

Sylvan Esh (Gordonsville, Pennsylvania). Language: Pennsylvania Dutch

Woman in Louisiana sitting in a cafe

Rebecca Henry Davis (Opelousas, Louisiana). Language: Kouri-vini (Louisiana Creole)

“On the National Language” by B.A. Sise

Nihahsennaa Peters (St. Armand, New York). Language: Mohawk

“On the National Language” by B.A. Sise

Sarah Aroeste (New York, New York). Language: Judaeo-Spanish