Blog

This week’s article, by ethnolinguist Sabine Ehrhart, discusses the relevance of linguistic ecology. This concept has been experimented in schools of Luxembourg, a country whose linguistic diversity is one of the richest in Europe.

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Videos

We’re still in company of  Father Yakup Aydin, priest of the Syriac Orthodox church of Antakya in France, and speaker of Aramaic languages. This week he teaches us how to count in Syriac!

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Agenda

May 10-13 2011: the Puliima Forum, which aims to bring together people working on projects related to indigenous languages, and native speakers of these languages in particular, will be held this year in Brisbane, Australia (Queensland).

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May 16, 2011: application deadline for Senior Lecturer position, Cape Town, South Africa.

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Reminder for this week:

April 20, 2011: grants requests deadline for language maintenance projects, Endangered Language Fund, USA.

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Soropedia

3 new language description sheets this week, taking us from South America to Australia via the Middle East:

– Neo-mandean, very endangered (in French). We pursue our exploration of modern Aramaic languages with Jean Sibille, whom we thank for his valuable knowledge and availability.

– Guarani-Ñandeva (or Chiripa), a Tupi-Guarani language spoken in Brazil and Paraguay (in French).

– Ngandi, a Gunwinyguan language of Australia.

And as always…

Help us complete our glossary, by translating the new word of the fortnight : « Eye ».

An excellent week to all of you!

The Sorosoro team

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