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Sorosoro – May 30, 2011
Read: multilingualism in Yakutia
See: crab fishing in the Benga language
and more news, events, Soropedia updates…
Blog
Natalia Bochkareva takes us to Yakutia, or Republic of Sakha, in North-East Siberia. Despite the official recognition of the Sakha language and 4 other indigenous languages, the issue of their decline remains the same…
Nouvelles vidéos
After having brought up, in the Benga language, the predicament of crabs and crab trappers on the Gabonese coast, we’re off picking traps in the mangrove…
Actualités
May 21, 2011: The Australian published an article entitled «Speaking one’s mother tongue is vital», in which can be read the stimulating analysis of Aboriginal lawyer and activist Noel Pearson.
Agenda
June 6, 2011: application deadline for Chamiza Foundation grant proposals, New Mexico, USA.
June 6 – July 1st, 2011: 32nd American Indian Language Development Institute, Arizona, USA.
September 7-9, 2011: « Endangered Languages – the Voices they Project, and the Images they Present » conference, Quito, Ecuador.
Soropedia
3 new language descritpion sheets:
– An Arawak language of Brazil: Terêna
– Two severely endangered isolates of Bolivia: Itonama and Cayubaba.
And as always…
A new word of the fortnight awaits your inspired translations : « To Dream ».
An excellent week to all of you!
The Sorosoro team
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