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Around the fire, in the Bedik<\/strong> village of Bandafassi, eastern Senegal<\/strong>, Aminata Camara tells us a fourth story which ends our first cycle of tales in the Menik<\/strong> language: \u00ab the young girl who wanted to drink beer<\/a><\/strong> \u00bb. Involving once again the local wildlife, it probably also provides a means to instill some life lessons in children\u2026<\/p>\n And we\u2019re kicking off with a new series of videos that\u2019ll take us spend the summer discovering Tamasheq, the language of the Tuareg<\/strong><\/a>. Along the following weeks we\u2019ll be encountering Tuareg literate figures and musicians like Moussa Ag Keyna from the band Toumast, or Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni who plays in Tinariwen. But for now we begin with a presentation of this widely unknown language\u2026<\/p>\n \n Former editor of Esperanto<\/strong> magazine Kontakto<\/em>, and active collaborator of the Esperantic Studies Foundation<\/em>, Yevgeniya Amis<\/strong> mentions the motivations and ideals that drive the speakers of this 125-year-old constructed language\u2026<\/p>\n See Blog<\/a><\/p>\n \n June 2011: International press covers completion of Chicago Assyrian Dictionary<\/strong>, the last volume of which has just been published after 90 years worth of research\u2026<\/p>\n Read article<\/a><\/p>\n June 12, 2011: Guardian<\/em> article: \u00ab\u00a0Bilingual brains are more healthy<\/strong> \u00bb. To understand why bilingualism delays the effects of Alzheimer’s disease\u2026<\/p>\n Read article<\/a><\/p>\n June 14, 2011: Indian Country<\/em> on social media to rescue native languages<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Read article<\/a><\/p>\n June 15, 2011: SlateAfrique.com<\/em> article entitled \u00ab Tamazight, official language of Morocco? <\/strong>\u00bb.<\/p>\n Read article<\/a><\/p>\n \n June 25 \u2013 July 8, 2011<\/strong>: International summer campus<\/strong> on the comparative status of indigenous peoples, Rouen, France<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Read article<\/a><\/p>\n September 12-15, 2011<\/strong>: 2nd Barcelona Summer School on Bi- and Multilingualism<\/strong>, Spain.<\/p>\n Read article<\/a><\/p>\n \n 7 language description sheets<\/strong> (in French, yet to be translated):<\/p>\n – Three Melanesian languages of the Vanikoro Island (Solomon Islands): Lovono<\/a>, Tanema<\/a> and Teanu<\/a>.<\/p>\n – Two languages part to the Macro-J\u00ea phylum, and spoken in Brazil: Maxakali<\/a>, and Yat\u00ea<\/a>.<\/p>\n – Two Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages from Kamchatka: Itelmene<\/a> and Alutor<\/a><\/p>\n \n A new word of the fortnight<\/a> awaits your countless translations: \u00ab\u00a0Earth<\/strong> \u00bb.<\/p>\n And an updated Soroquiz<\/strong> on our homepage<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n \n An excellent week to all of you!<\/strong><\/p>\n The Sorosoro crew<\/p>\n Supported by<\/p>\nBlog<\/h5>\n
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