The world ends one year from now<\/strong>, according to apparent Maya forecasts… In a break with flights of fancy, this week we\u2019re off to Guatemala and Mexico<\/strong> to discover the quite alive Maya people, centuries after colonization, and explore their languages, battling to avoid extinction.<\/p>\n Blog<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Linguistic anthropology researcher Valentina Vapnarsky<\/strong> brings us an invigorating article \u2013 Enough with keeping the Maya locked in their pyramids! <\/strong>describing the Maya\u2019s constant ability to renew themselves, as well as the long-lasting discriminations <\/strong>that remain, particularly in Mexico, despite actual progress in legislation.<\/p>\n Read blog<\/a><\/p>\n Video<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n How do you say I\u2019m cold, I\u2019m hungry… or I love you in Kaqchikel<\/strong>, one the Mayan languages spoken in Guatemala<\/strong>? That\u2019s what you\u2019re about to learn in this week\u2019s video on common expressions in Kaqhickel.<\/a><\/p>\n Soropedia<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n A good number of language description sheets out of the thirty or so languages included in the Mayan family: Ch\u2019ol<\/strong><\/a>, Chontal<\/strong><\/a>, Chuj<\/strong><\/a>, Ch\u2019orti\u2019<\/strong><\/a>, Lakantun<\/strong><\/a>, Yukateko Mayan<\/strong><\/a>, Mopan<\/strong><\/a>, Popti<\/strong><\/a>, Q\u2019anjobal<\/strong><\/a>, Wasteko<\/strong><\/a>, as well as Kaqchikel<\/a> <\/strong>and Tektiteko<\/strong><\/a>, two languages filmed by Sorosoro in 2009, and both the subject of several of our videos online.<\/p>\n Videos in Kaqchikel<\/a><\/p>\n Videos in Tektiteko<\/a><\/p>\n \n Spanish subtitled videos just keep coming in! Here are a few of them in Baynunk <\/strong>language from Casamance, Senegal<\/strong><\/a>: 4 incredible animal tales, a manioc leaf-based fish sauce recipe, and a few songs by a group of highly energized women.<\/p>\n \n News<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n November 17, 2011<\/strong>: Aboriginal Seediq <\/strong>language-directed Taiwanese film Warriors of the Rainbow<\/strong><\/em> released in Hong Kong \u2013 hope for the foreign-language Oscar race!<\/p>\n Read article<\/a><\/p>\n November 26, 2011<\/strong>: Centro Academico y Cultural San Pablo<\/strong><\/em> opens to promote indigenous languages of the State of Oaxaca, Mexico<\/p>\n Read article<\/a><\/p>\n Agenda<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n December 12-14, 2011<\/strong>: Conference on \u201csustainable data from digital fieldwork\u201d, University of Melbourne, Australia<\/p>\n Read article<\/a><\/p>\n \n The word of the fortnight is TWO<\/a> <\/strong>and there is still time for contributions! Get set… ?<\/p>\n \n \n Supported by<\/p>\nOther videos this week<\/span><\/h5>\n
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