• Videos

A stop in Gabon, this week, to discover a women-only initiatory rite: the Niembe ceremony.

• In English

We’ve also added a few more language description sheets to our English site:

• Austronesian language family: Drehu, Drubea, Fagauvea, Futunan, Fwâi, Iaai, ‘Orowe

• Chichuan family: Rama

• Afro-Asian family: Hausa

• Algic family: Kikapu

• News

Two calls for papers on our News section:

• 2ème Congrès du RTP Études Africaines (Multidisciplinary Thematic Network for African Studies symposium). Call deadline: April 10, 2010.

• 23èmes journées de Linguistique de l’Asie Orientale (East Asian Linguistics conference): abstracts accepted until April 15, 2010.

• Agenda

Not to miss this April: The 7th Journée du Patrimoine Culturel Immatériel (Intangible Cultural Heritage conference) will take place on April 12, 2010 at the French Maison des Cultures du Monde from 6pm to 8pm.

• The soroquiz

The soroquiz peps up! From now on, find out how much you know about languages with new questions every week on our homepage!

Thank you to all of those who contribute to Sorosoro by sharing data and information: the Latin Union, Alain Ricard…