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This week we launch a series on new languages, much of which will focus on Creole languages before we dedicate a few amusing articles this summer to Elvish languages and Toki Pona…!

Marie-Christine Hazael-Massieux, professor of linguistics at the University of Provence, begins with the genesis of French-based creole languages, and their long maturation, both lexical and grammatical.

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New videos

Still in Senegal with the Bedik, listen to a third tale in the Menik language involving monkeys with a power of metamorphosis. « The monkey who turned into a young woman » is clever alright, but that doesn’t necessarily mean she’ll have the last word…

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Agenda

June 22-25, 2011: Amazigh Book Fair, at the Kingdom of Morocco National Library in Rabat. An opportunity to discover the richness of Amazigh literature through conferences and exhibition of old books, in times where the language has recently been declared second official language of the Kingdom.

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June 6 – July 1st, 2011: The 32nd American Indian Language Development Institute (AILDI) on as we speak in Tucson, Arizona (USA).

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June 18, 2011: the Network for the Linguistic and Educational Rights of the Indigenous Peoples of Chile Forum was held in Santiago, Chile, to discuss a bill on the « linguistic rights of the native peoples of Chile », soon to be introduced to parliament. To be continued…

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Soropedia

5 new language description sheets :

– Guato, an isolate related to the Macro-Jê family, spoken in the Pantanal region of Brazil (in French, yet to be translated).

– 4 languages of the Vanua Lava island, in Vanuatu : Mwesen, Vurës, Vera’a and Lemerig.

Not forgetting…

The word of the fortnight, which should cheer you up and generate many translations: « To Smile ».

And an updated Soroquiz on our homepage…

A beautiful week to all of you!

The Sorosoro crew

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