{"id":15555,"date":"2010-12-11T17:06:19","date_gmt":"2010-12-11T16:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/?p=15555"},"modified":"2011-11-03T14:33:34","modified_gmt":"2011-11-03T13:33:34","slug":"decline-and-future-of-languages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/2010\/12\/decline-and-future-of-languages\/","title":{"rendered":"Decline and future of languages"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sorosoro<\/strong> is not only interested in\u00a0preserving languages<\/strong>. We consider that it is just as important, during filming, to hear what our speakers have to say about contemporary topics.<\/p>\n

For example, our teams question them about how they have coped with the transition from a traditional life to a more urban, technological way of life, about the problems that such changes engender and about how they envisage their own futures.<\/p>\n

Concerning the language<\/strong>, we ask them what they believe is causing its decline <\/strong>and if they think that it will survive as it comes into contact with the external world and in the context of globalisation. And often it turns out that, from one part of the world to another, the same causes have the same consequences, and often the situations described are similar.<\/p>\n

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Akele<\/h5>\n

Nowadays,\u00a0Akele<\/strong>, also known as Mutumbudie (or Metombolo), is spoken by no more than around fifty people who dwell in the Lake region of Gabon<\/strong>. Sorosoro<\/strong> has asked two of them, Th\u00e9odosie and Jean K\u00e9dine, to tell us about the fate of their language<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Read more on the Akele language<\/a><\/p>\n

Watch all the videos in Akele<\/a><\/p>\n

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The decline of the Akele language explained by Th\u00e9odosie<\/strong>
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The decline of the Akele language explained by Jean K\u00e9dine <\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nLinguist<\/span>: Jean-Marie Hombert
\nCamera and sound<\/span>: Luc-Henri Fage
\nTranslation<\/span>: Hugues Awanhet
\nEditing<\/span> : Caroline Laurent<\/p>\n

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Punu<\/h5>\n

Punu<\/strong> is the language<\/strong> of the Bapunu, second largest ethnic group in Gabon<\/strong> in terms of population. It\u2019s a Bantu language<\/strong>, spoken in the Tchibanga area. The increasingly important movement of Bapunu people towards larger urban areas is causing a gradual loss <\/strong>of their language<\/strong> and cultural <\/strong>knowledge.<\/p>\n

Sorosoro <\/strong>asked a speaker, Kwenzi Mickala, what he believes is causing the\u00a0decline <\/strong>of his\u00a0language<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Read more on the Punu language<\/a><\/p>\n

Watch all the videos in Punu<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nLinguist<\/span> : Jean-Marie Hombert
\nCamera and sound<\/span> : Luc-Henri Fage
\nEditing<\/span> : Caroline Laurent<\/p>\n

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Mpongwe<\/h5>\n

Following the Akoa Pygmies, nowadays extinct, the Mpongwe<\/strong> people are the first inhabitants of Libreville, on the north bank of the Gabon<\/strong> estuary. The number of Mpongwe <\/strong>speakers has now dropped under 5000. In awareness <\/strong>of their traditional heritage<\/strong> being threatened with extinction<\/strong>, the Mpongwe<\/strong> have created structures for the protection<\/strong> of their language <\/strong>and culture<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Sorosoro invites two members of the Mpongwe community from Gabon, Henriette and Kialla, to tell us how they envision the future of their language.<\/p>\n

Watch all the videos in Mpongwe<\/a><\/p>\n

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The evolution of Mpongwe by Henriette<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The evolution of Mpongwe by Kialla<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Linguist<\/span> : Patrick Mouguiama-Daouda
\nImage and sound<\/span> : Muriel Lutz
\nEditing<\/span> : Caroline Laurent<\/p>\n

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Kaqchikel<\/h5>\n

Kaqchikel<\/strong> is one of the\u00a030 Mayan languages<\/strong> (21 are spoken in\u00a0Guatemala<\/strong>, 9 in Mexico).\u00a0Kaqchikel<\/strong> counts around half a million speakers, it one of the most widely spoken Maya languages. Despite accounts of a promising demography, Kaqchikel lacks diffusion among the young generations and faces serious decline.<\/p>\n

The following is an interview <\/strong>of master of ceremony B\u2019alam Tija<\/strong> telling us about the progressive decline of his language and culture.<\/p>\n

Watch all the videos in Kaqchikel<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nLinguist<\/span>: Nikte Sis Iboy
\nImage & sound<\/span>: Jos\u00e9 Reyn\u00e8s
\nTranslation<\/span>: Juliana Sis Iboy
\nEditing<\/span>: Caroline Laurent<\/p>\n

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Tamasheq<\/h5>\n

Tamasheq<\/strong> language, the Tamazight variant spoken by the\u00a0Tuareg<\/strong>, is still very much alive, with\u00a0over a million speakers<\/strong>. But what does the future hold for this language of the desert in an ever-more urban and globalized context?<\/p>\n

What is to become of this particular culture when\u00a0more and more youngsters are choosing to leave<\/strong>? Why is oral language not enough,and why should focus be drawn to the\u00a0teaching of writing<\/strong>? What would the world lose if it lost the Tamasheq language…?<\/p>\n

See all videos in Tamasheq<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nImage & sound<\/span>: Arnaud Contreras
\nEditing<\/span>: Caroline Laurent<\/p>\n

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X\u00e2r\u00e2c\u00f9\u00f9<\/h5>\n

X\u00e2r\u00e2c\u00f9\u00f9<\/a><\/strong> is one of the 28 Kanak languages<\/strong><\/a>, spoken in New Caledonia<\/strong>, actually the fourth most widely spoken Kanak language following Drehu, Nengone, and Paic\u00ee \u2013 it is also one of the best maintained: spoken in every municipality of the X\u00e2r\u00e2c\u00f9\u00f9 language area, it reaches over 90% of the population in Canala.<\/p>\n

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Identity issues, with Marie-Ad\u00e8le Jor\u00e9di\u00e9<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a first interview with teacher and activist Marie-Ad\u00e8le Jor\u00e9di\u00e9<\/strong>, known as the creator of the Bb-lecture program aiming to familiarize Kanak little children to the concept of books. She tells us about her relation towards her own language, what it represents for the Kanak, the necessity to have it handed down, especially using means imported by “the White”, namely the school system and books.<\/p>\n

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Marie-Ad\u00e8le Jor\u00e9di\u00e9 and the Bb Lecture program in X\u00e2r\u00e2c\u00f9\u00f9<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the mid 80s, Marie-Ad\u00e8le took part in the creation of the language immersion Kanak Popular Schools<\/strong> (EPK). Then in 1999 she put together the Bb Lecture program<\/strong>, an introduction to books geared towards young children before they start attending the White\u2019s school. At the same time, she still teaches X\u00e2r\u00e2c\u00f9\u00f9 in junior high school in Canala…<\/p>\n

Quite a background, which she tells us all about here inside her own classroom, a classroom with stories of elephants and song-based alphabet exercises…<\/p>\n

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\nLinguist<\/span>: Claire Moyse-Faurie (LACITO\/CNRS)
\nImage & sound<\/span>: Jos\u00e9 Reynes, assisted by Karl Jor\u00e9di\u00e9
\nTranslation<\/span>: Annick Kasovimoin (Acad\u00e9mie des Langues Kanak – ALK)
\nEditing<\/span>: Caroline Laurent<\/p>\n

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