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Sorosoro – October 6, 2011
Special Birthday issue
www.sorosoro.org is 2!
Two years ago, on October 6, 2009, was the launch of our website. Ambitious as it were, at the time it already offered dozens of pages of text, the localization of 5,500 languages on interactive Google maps, a handful of videos…
Sorosoro.org has gone a long way since: dozens of pages have become hundreds, our video supply is significant, and we’ve created quite a popular blog.
Most of all, our website is available in three language; English, French, and Spanish – thanks to which we’ve been able to reach a growing number of users, and surprisingly realize that our biggest pool… is in Latin America, with the Mexican on the lead! We’re both delighted and grateful for such keenness!
Blog
On this anniversary, linguists Colette Grinevald and James Costa trace back the history of their discipline in endangered languages, the ideological confrontations and debates around the role of linguists: engage towards the populations, or carefully remain aside… A captivating article.
Soropedia
Once again Sorosoro turns to the languages of Gabon, where a few of our teams went filming in the beginning of 2009. Visit our description sheets on Mpongwe (Myene), Benga, Bekwel, Akele, Geviya, Punu, and Baka.
Videos in Spanish
Still in Gabon, speakers of Spanish will find three videos on Mpongwe, the first language we ever filmed: two interviews on the decline of Mpongwe, one by Henriette and one by Kialla, as well as the days of the week, also in this language at times referred to as Myene.
News
Le Monde and La Vie publish an Atlas of the Minorities this Thursday, October 6: over 200 articles, 200 maps, an extensive exploration of the subject over the 5 continents…
Word of the fortnight
Get set… We’re hoping to receive numerous translations of the word BIRTHDAY, in all your different languages. The best record yet goes to the phrase LET’S GO! with 170 answers at the time… Go!
A few other dates to add
October 17, 2011: Endangered Languages Fund application deadline for projects on Amer-Indian languages.
October 21, 2011: Australian government’s National Cultural Policy survey participation deadline.
And info on the French elections…
October 6, 2011: Presidential candidate Martine Aubry declares herself in favor of regional languages and having their teaching made compulsory!
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