{"id":62446,"date":"2011-12-07T21:33:03","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T20:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/?p=62446"},"modified":"2025-10-21T22:10:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T20:10:49","slug":"sorosoro-december-6-2011-celebrating-three-year-old-sorosoro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/2011\/12\/sorosoro-december-6-2011-celebrating-three-year-old-sorosoro\/","title":{"rendered":"Sorosoro, December 6, 2011 <br\/><span style=\"font-size: 20px\">Celebrating three-year old Sorosoro!<\/span>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Almost three years now since our first filming team was on its way to meet the Benga and Mpongwe in Gabon to film their languages \u2013 essentially oral. We\u2019ve returned to Gabon since then, but meanwhile we\u2019ve also been to Senegal, Guatemala, French Guiana, New Caledonia&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So it was time we took a minute to assess all the material collected along the way and introduced some of our work to the public, which is what the 3rd Sorosoro Sessions are about.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #939523;\">Agenda<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One date to highlight on this week\u2019s calendar, should you be in <strong>Paris<\/strong>: <strong>December 8, 6pm<\/strong>! We hope many of you can make it to the<strong> Maison des Cultures du Monde<\/strong> where our Sorosoro Sessions are being held, with a very rich program:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211; author <strong>Ir\u00e8ne Frain<\/strong> and linguist <strong>Anvita Abbi<\/strong> on India,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211; linguist <strong>Colette Grinevald<\/strong> on 40 years of fieldwork in the Americas,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211; <em><strong>Yarwng<\/strong><\/em>, an <strong>Indian film in Kokborok language<\/strong>, awarded in several festivals and unreleased in France&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/december-8-2011-3rd-sorosoro-sessions-at-maison-des-cultures-du-monde-paris\">Click here for the full program.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #939523;\">Blog<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Joseph Pulinthanath, who directed <em>Yarwng<\/em>, brings us a spirited article on the Kokborok language \u2013 one of the countless languages spoken in India \u2013 titled <strong>Jadu Kolija, the core of Kokborok culture and language<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.sorosoro.org\/en\/jadu-kolija-the-core-of-kokborok-culture-and-language\">Read blog<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #939523;\">Soropedia<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Honors to the languages of India this week. Now available: a brand new description of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/kokborok\"><strong>Kokborok<\/strong><\/a>, the language of the movie <em>Yarwng<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also online as we speak, a sheet on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/andamanese-languages\"><strong>Andaman languages<\/strong><\/a>, spoken on the islands of the same name, off the southeastern Indian shores. These very ancient languages documented by Anvita Abbi have a very low number of speakers; a few hundred at the most, which gives an idea on how much they\u2019re endangered.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800104;\">This week\u2019s video<\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Back with the Bedik in eastern <strong>Senegal<\/strong> for a quick vocab lesson in <strong>Menik<\/strong>: <strong>the days of the week<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/the-days-of-the-week-in-menik\">See video<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800104;\">News<\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>December 2, 2011<\/strong>: <strong>Barack Obama<\/strong> signs an order on USA and Alaska\u2019s first nations education titled \u201cImproving American Indian and Alaska Native Education Opportunities and Strengthening Tribal Colleges and Universities\u201d. Great perspectives and hope for the Indian nations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/december-2-2011-president-obama-signs-order-in-favor-of-education-and-tribal-colleges\">Read article<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800104;\">The word of the fortnight<\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A new word needing translation in all possible languages: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/gift\"><strong>GIFT<\/strong><\/a>. 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