About Danny Hieber

Danny is a linguist who works with speakers of endangered languages to document and revitalize their language, studies cross-linguistic patterns in language, and helps design prototypes of new products with Rosetta Stone Labs. After graduating from the College of William & Mary with a BA in linguistics and philosophy, Danny joined the Rosetta Stone Endangered Language Program in 2008 and has since adapted Rosetta Stone for the Chitimacha, Navajo, and Iñupiaq languages. In his spare time, he does karate, plays piano, and researches cool things about language.

Where Theory Meets Practice: Using Language To Help Make the World a Better Place

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Danny Hieber

Whenever I tell someone I’m a linguist, the inevitable question I get asked is, “So how many languages do you speak?” Similarly, when I tell people I work at…

Language Myths and Complicated Languages

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Danny Hieber

My recent video answering the question “Why are some languages so complicated?” sparked a great discussion among some of our readers—and it raised some good questions. I…

Chitimacha: Building Blocks for Revitalization

Posted on November 10, 2010 by Danny Hieber

Revitalizing a language that hasn’t been spoken in 70 years is no easy task. Yet, just this past month I spent seven days working with the

Rising to the Challenge: Producing Navajo

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Danny Hieber

The Navajo project has been an exciting challenge for the Endangered Language Program (ELP). As in most of our work at Rosetta Stone, there were…

About Danny Hieber

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