Blog

After drawing out the Australian linguistic context last week, Maïa Ponsonnet addresses Australian linguistic ideologies pointing out the striking contrast between past and contemporary monolingualism.

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Videos

This week our new « recipe » section introduces us to a Senegalese dish prepared with care by Awa Sambou, in Niamone, Casamance: dried fish on manioc leaf sauce… Bon appétit!

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Three new videos with English subtitles are also online as we speak: the Mumbwang narrative, one of the founding narratives on the Punu ethnic group (2 parts) and an interview with Kwenzi Mickala, mayor of Tchibanga, who tells us about the decline of the traditional epic.

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News

February 23: the National Committee of Ecuador launches a campaign in favor of the ancient cultures and languages of America.

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Agenda

May 16: ELP grants application deadline, offered for projects aiming to preserve and restore the endangered languages and cultures of Siberia and North/Central America.

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April 15: registration deadline for the A-Z Immersion workshops organized by the CILO (Consortium for Indigenous Language Organizations), to take place this summer in Arizona, USA.

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Soropedia

Our « Language Encyclopaedia » home to four new languages description sheets:

– Two Tupi-Guarani languages: Guarayo, spoken in Bolivia, and Pãy-Tavyterã (also known as Kaiowá), spoken in Paraguay and Brazil

– And two Australian languages: Miriwoong (of the Jarrakan family) and Ritharrngu (of the Pama-Nyungan family)

As always…

See how much you know on our Soroquiz

And please feel free to provide your own translation of the word HAND, wherever you are…

A beautiful week to all of you,

The Sorosoro crew

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