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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…

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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…

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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.

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Agenda

June 6, 2011: application deadline for Chamiza Foundation grant proposals, New Mexico, USA.

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June 6 – July 1st, 2011: 32nd American Indian Language Development Institute, Arizona, USA.

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September 7-9, 2011: « Endangered Languages – the Voices they Project, and the Images they Present » conference, Quito, Ecuador.

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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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