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Linguist Matthias Weinreich offers a prime example of multilingualism, in Pakistan, where the population often speaks 3 or 4 languages fluently. A case that bears learning.

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Videos

Last week we introduced Father Yakup Aydin, priest of the Syriac Orthodox church of Antakya in France, who comes from southeast Turkey and speaks Aramaic languages; Syriac and Toroyo. Today he tells us the days of the week.

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And three new videos in Kaqchikel language (Guatemala) on the Mayan New Year are now available with English subtitles: the symbolism of colours, offerings to ancestors, and the predestination.

Agenda

April 22-23: 7th annual Conference on the Endangered Languages and Cultures of Native America (CELCNA) at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA.

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Reminder for this week:

April 15: « Linguistic Immersion A-Z » workshop registration deadline, Tucson AZ.

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News

Cambridge University Press reissues linguist R.M.W. Dixon’s « Searching for Aboriginal languages ». Dixon retraces fourteen years of research in the Aboriginal communities of northeastern Queensland, Australia.

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Soropedia

Our database on the world’s languages is home to 4 new description sheets (in French):

– along with this week’s video, a sheet on the Aramaic language group and one on Turoyo add to a page on the Sureth language. Many thanks to Jean Sibille for the precious information he has provided.

– a very comprehensive sheet on Dalabon, language of the Gunwinyguan family, thanks to the contribution of Maïa Ponsonnet who has also written two articles on Australian multiligualism both available on our blog.

– a sheet on the Chiriguano dialectal group, of the Tupi-Guarani family, spoken between Bolivia, Argentina and Paraguay.

And as always…

The word of the fortnight is ‘BIRTH’. Translations welcome!

And an ever-updated Soroquiz, available on our homepage…

A beautiful week to all of you,

The Sorosoro crew.

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