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Borg does not approve of Cochlear Implants

souggy wrote 6 days ago: I came across a recent Australian news article that got me riled up. Mostly it is because of what wa … more →

Tags: Social commentaries, Audism, Cochlear Implants, imperfect hearing, sign language suppression

Supplemental Grants for the Collection of Oral Literature3 comments

Emmanuel wrote 1 month ago: Sponsor: Firebird Foundation Contact Information George N. Appell PO Box A Phillips ME 04996 USA Ema … more →

Tags: Papua New Guinea, PNG, Culture, Anthropology, Songs, indigenous, oral literature, Indigenous peoples, grant

News Round-up - 24th May

Kelly wrote 1 month ago: Apologies for not posting any language news last Sunday but I was too busy with other tasks and visi … more →

Tags: News, Language Learning, languages, Rosetta Stone

News Round-up - 10th May 2009

Kelly wrote 2 months ago: Starting from today, I will be posting weekly digests of news articles which focus on languages and … more →

Tags: News, Chinese, Coptic, Foreign Languages, Language Learning, languages, navajo

The Linguists2 comments

Kelly wrote 2 months ago: For those of you who are interested in language conservation and endangered languages, you’ll be hap … more →

Tags: films, languages, Linguistics, Documentaries, Linguists

Another update on The Linguists

columbialinguistics wrote 2 months ago: As previously mentioned, this documentary is screening at Rutgers University this Saturday (April 25 … more →

Tags: Linguistics, film

The Linguists

columbialinguistics wrote 2 months ago: Indie documentary The Linguists chronicles the global adventures of David Harrison and Greg Anderson … more →

Tags: Linguistics, film

20 Ideas for Social Entrepreneurs - Local language blogs

lingoproz wrote 3 months ago: Found on BlackWeb2.0. com on 10 April 2009 By Jon Gosier In the first half of this article I shared … more →

Tags: Essays + Blog Posts, Linguistics, Endangered / lost languages, Minority / local languages, Business

Book: Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World by Nicholas Ostler1 comment

lingoproz wrote 3 months ago: Found on Amazon.com Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World by Nicholas Ostler Paperb … more →

Tags: Books, Akkadian, Arabic, Aramaic, Celtic, Chinese, Culture, Dutch, Egyptian

Vote for Mark's project to document endangered languages! Your vote is needed!1 comment

lingoproz wrote 3 months ago: By Mark Eppley When a language dies, so do its culture, beliefs, knowledge, and heritage. A part of … more →

Tags: academic, Culture, Endangered / lost languages, Minority / local languages

News: Language expert justifies mother tongue for schools

lingoproz wrote 3 months ago: Found on Nigerian Best Forum on 23 March 2009 A researcher and Chief Executive of African Languages … more →

Tags: News, African languages, Native / indigenous languages, Official Language, Linguistics, Culture, Endangered / lost languages, Minority / local languages, Colonial language

Humane face of Language Documentation: A Great Andamanese Experience2 comments

Abhishek Avtans wrote 4 months ago: Human history is replete with stories of survival and birth of many old and new cultures across th … more →

Tags: Andamans, Linguistics, Andamani varnamala, Great Andamanese, jeru, khora, language documentation, Linguistic Diversity in India, Port Blair

librarians helping indians tell indian stories

gonzobrarian wrote 4 months ago: Two occurrences struck me as definitely non-coincidental during the ACRL conference this past week.  … more →

Tags: Conferences, Digitization, ACRL, american indians, keynote address, Oral Histories, Pacific Northwest, Sherman Alexie

Endangered Languages1 comment

policyandphilanthropy wrote 4 months ago: The TED Blog has a great post on UNESCO’s  interactive atlas of the world’s endangered l … more →

Tags: Politics, Wade Davis, Linguistics, TeD, languages

'Linguists' explore a world of words1 comment

abluteau wrote 4 months ago: David Harrison and Chulym-speaker Nina Tarlaganova. __________ “The Linguists” should r … more →

Tags: language

Endangered Languages1 comment

translationcompany wrote 4 months ago: People often don’t realise that languages are living things. New ones evolve and sadly some di … more →

Tags: languages, UNESCO

Rare languages spoken by immigrants challenge court system1 comment

Calvin Ho wrote 4 months ago: The Los Angeles Times ran an article today about how courts in the area are struggling to find quali … more →

Tags: News, California, Immigration, Indian, Indigenous peoples, interpreter, Latin America, Legal, Linguistics

Mind Your Language1 comment

bigrab wrote 4 months ago: Thanks to today’s Independent. “Celtic dialects from across Britain are featured in a ne … more →

Tags: language, Scots Language, Gaelic, *Cornish

International Mother Language Day2 comments

Meg wrote 4 months ago: International Mother Language Day is observed yearly by UNESCO member states and at its headquarters … more →

Tags: News & Politics, Linguistics, language, international mother language day, UNESCO, multilingualism, atlas of the world's languages in danger of disappearin, the linguistics, Ralph Waldo Emerson


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