Read more Chemehuevi stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/17919/chemehuevi.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorWed, 23 May 2012 17:16:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/12697/american-languages-nearly-extinct.htmlRob Quinn<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=49899&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401025309' border='0' />Johnny Hill Jr., a 53-year-old Arizonan, talks to himself in Chemehuevi, a language once spoken by many Southwestern Native Americans. He does that because there's rarely anyone for him to speak Chemehuevi with; Hill tried to teach the language to his stepson without success. There is every chance that the...A Chemehuevi boy is photographed in Arizona, circa 1907.http://www.newser.com/story/12697/american-languages-nearly-extinct.htmlSun, 02 Dec 2007 13:44:17 CST