Sorosoro is working through the scorching summer heat in Paris, and continues, as always, to provide you with exciting news on its website:

Videos

Following on from the topics of marriage proposal, dowry, and polygamy, Sorosoro continues its exploration of the marital relationships of Gabon. This week, we’re offering up a topic that definitely doesn’t lack in excitement: adultery!

Agenda

Put this date in your diaries, especially if you are a linguist in the United States, interested in non-anglophone migrants: the 5th of August is the last day to submit your entries for the 25th Iowa Culture and Language Conference, which takes place in November of this year, in Iowa, USA.

Languages & language families

Sorosoro is steaming ahead, adding many new language indexes to its website this week, with a special focus on Senegal.

In French

Thanks to the collaboration of linguists working on the project “Sénélangues”, eight new indexes dedicated to the languages of Senegal have been posted on our website this week:

• Basari

• Bayot

• Biafada

• Kerak

• Kobiana

• Laalaa

• Manjaku

• Pepel

On top of that, we’ve come through on our promise: French speakers will finally be able to enjoy the poem by Lucille Berry-Haseth, translated from Papiamentu.

In Spanish

In addition to our English language site, we are giving priority to updating our Spanish language site, thanks to the work done by our many volunteer translators, who have generously offered up their services after the article published in the Spanish newspaper El Pais.

In English

The index on Ainu, language isolat spoken in remote parts of Japan, is now available online in English.

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Meanwhile, as usual…

– The word of the fortnight is « Ear », a body part that is very necessary for listening to all the languages of the world. You can also have a look at our online videos to discover more names of body parts in other languages.

– And don’t forget our Soroquiz, which you can always find on our homepage!

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We wish you all a great week!

The Sorosoro crew.