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What a Garifuna-Breton Party Has to Do with Jack Kerouac

Stephanie Nikolopoulos wrote 2 months ago: photo via ELA After a short hiatus for renovations and new partnership, Bowery Poetry is back—droppi … more →

Tags: Beat Generation, Endangered languages, Jack Kerouac, Sami, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Native American, Endangered language, beatdom, Dave Moore

Language Life and Death in New York City1 comment

patricox wrote 4 months ago: Linguist Mark Turin rides the New York subway’s 7 Train to explore a few of the city’s 8 … more →

Tags: English, Yiddish, New York, Jackson Heights, language death, Queens, linguistic density, daniel kaufman, nation of immigrants

A growing number of Mexicans in the US don't speak Spanish

Kristina Puga wrote 5 months ago: No, Latinos don’t speak “Mexican,” and Mexicans don’t all speak Spanish. The City University of New … more →

Tags: News, mano a mano, david escobar, Leslie Martino-Velez, CUNY Institute of Mexican Studies, Indigenous languages, daniel kaufman, Nahuatl, Mixteco

Mexican Indigenous Languages/Lenguas Indigenas Mexicanas in Harlem

Harlem World Magazine wrote 11 months ago: Did you know that Mexico has no official language? Mexico has over 60 national languages including C … more →

Tags: East Harlem, El Museo del Barrio, Mexican Indigenous Languages, Lenguas Indigenas Mexicanas, Chinanteco, Otomi, Mixteco, Nahuatl, triqui

Fear of Foreign Languages, Hospital English, and Garifuna Music1 comment

patricox wrote 1 year ago: Some US Presidential candidates seem embarrassed by their ability to speak a foreign language. Both … more →

Tags: French, obama, Rhetoric, garífuna, gingrich, Romney, nurses, Health Care, Norfolk dialect

The First TV Series to Focus on Endangered Languages1 comment

Stephanie Nikolopoulos wrote 1 year ago: So excited to finally share with you the press release for the documentary on endangered languages I … more →

Tags: Endangered languages, New York, Bob Holman, Juliette Blevins, Clip, bowery poetry club, Endangered languages, Anthony Bourdain, Ram Devineni

Mapping Out Houses of Worship in NYC1 comment

Stephanie Nikolopoulos wrote 2 years ago: Remember the other day when I mentioned that cute little restaurant Penelope?  Well, last Friday Pen … more →

Tags: greekish, Faith, Asphalt Eden, Greek Orthodox, church hopping, Burnside Writers Collective, church, Fashion, Penelope

Garifuna Musician JAMES LOVELL quoted in The New York Times in Article About Saving Lost or Rare Languages in New York City

beinggarifuna wrote 3 years ago: Copyright 2010 by Teofilo Colon Jr.  All Rights Reserved. This blog post has been moved.  Click on t … more →

Tags: Garifuna NEWS, Garifuna Language, Casa Yurumein, James Lovell, daniel kaufman, Endangered language, rare languages, Languages in danger of being lost, yurumein house cultural center


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