"The Ghosts of Gaelic" rambles on about Scottish Gaelic like it's the last unicorn 🦄, desperately clinging to a bygone era while English has long snatched the crown 👑. Spoiler alert: It's like watching paint dry, but with more kilts. 🥱
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/behind-times/ghosts-gaelic #GhostsOfGaelic #ScottishCulture #LanguagePreservation #KiltLife #LastUnicorn #ScottishHeritage #HackerNews #ngated
#LanguagePreservation
Do endangered languages really die? Some linguists and activists say they simply go dormant. If we have sound recordings, written records, and cultural memory, a language can live again.
#RareTongues #ThatWordChat #LanguagePreservation
Are we in a language crisis? The number of endangered languages is rising, and the reasons for their disappearance are as complex as they are concerning.
#RareTongues #ThatWordChat #LanguagePreservation
Dartmouth College: Language Preservation Efforts Get an AI Boost. “… computer science graduate student Ivory Yang, Guarini, who remembers learning a few words of Nüshu from her grandmother as a child, is exploring how artificial intelligence models offer new ways to preserve and help revitalize the rare script. Yang and her collaborators… built an AI-driven framework called NüshuRescue […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/11/dartmouth-college-language-preservation-efforts-get-an-ai-boost/
In other news...
Meet the 2024-2026 #NDN #Changemakers
By Jordynn Paz • March 5, 2025
"In October, NDN Collective announced the recipients of the 2024/26 Changemaker Fellowship, a cohort of 21 #Indigenous leaders from throughout #TurtleIsland, Islands of #Hawaii, #Borikén / #PuertoRico, the U.S. territories of American #Samoa, #Guam, the Northern #Mariana Islands, and the U.S. #VirginIslands. These incredible fellows are transforming their communities, defending Indigenous lands and waters, developing solutions for #regenerative and #sustainable futures, and revitalizing #IndigenousLanguages, #governance, #ceremonies and ways of being.
"We are honored to support the important and necessary work of each of these changemakers through this two-year fellowship program. With the NDN Changemaker Fellowship, individuals will focus on education, skill building, networking, community building, theory of change mapping, and mentorship."
Read more:
https://ndncollective.org/meet-the-2024-26-ndn-changemakers/
#TraditionalKnowledge #WaterIsLife #LandIsLife #SocialJustice #IndigenousHealth #IndigenousWellBeing #FoodSecurity #Decolonize #ProtectMotherEarth #LanguagePreservation #CulturePreservation #NDNCollective
University of Hawaii: UH Hilo Hawaiian language college turns to AI to help preserve ʻōlelo. “The project is a collaboration between UH Hilo Ka Haka ʻUla O Keʻelikōlani College of Hawaiian Language, Kanaeokana, Awaiaulu and Te Hiku Media, a Māori language group from New Zealand. Their goal is to speed up the painstaking process of transcribing Hawaiian audio recordings. Right now, […]
International Mother Language Day – February 21
Language is more than just words; it’s the essence of identity, culture, and history. International Mother Language Day, observed annually on February 21, promotes linguistic diversity, multilingualism, and the preservation of indigenous languages worldwide.
#EnliteIAS #InternationalMotherLanguageDay #LinguisticDiversity #LanguagePreservation #MotherTongue #UPSCMotivation
🌍 Preserving Languages – Protecting Cultures 🗣️
Researchers from the #UniCologne are exploring the most remote areas of the world to document endangered languages. This work aims to preserve the cultural heritage and collective knowledge of language communities. Every word saved is a piece of identity and history. 📜
Discover more ➡️ https://uni.koeln/XSNWV
#UniKöln #UniCologne #Linguistics #CulturalHeritage #LanguageDiversity #LanguagePreservation #Research #FieldResearch
WOW!!! Only $155 to go in the @Endangeredalphabets Kickstarter!!
Will you be backer number 200? Maybe you'll be the backer who pushes it over the goal!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/endangeredatlas/endangered-alphabets-calligraphy
EDIT ABOUT TWO MINUTES LATER: Number 200 did it!! Thanks to whoever you are, because now I get to read this book! 😂
THERE'S STILL TIME TO GET IN ON IT, THOUGH! CLICK THE LINK!
#calligraphy #handwriting #indigenousLanguages #languagePreservation #writingSystems
JUST *UNDER 24* HOURS TO GO!
GREAT REWARDS (INCLUDING THE ACTUAL BOOK) STILL AVAILABLE!
Please consider supporting @Endangeredalphabets Kickstarter book on the art of writing and endangered writing systems! It is so close to its goal, and it is such a worthy project.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/endangeredatlas/endangered-alphabets-calligraphy
#calligraphy #handwriting #indigenousLanguages #minorityLanguages #writingSystems #languagePreservation #fountainPens
Have some WaPo or LA Times subscription money to spend on a good cause?
There are THREE DAYS TO GO in @Endangeredalphabets Kickstarter. Support the awareness, preservation, and resilience of indigenous and minority writing systems, which are under threat around the world. Get a fascinating book you can turn to again and again, and/or a beautiful carving or pen!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/endangeredatlas/endangered-alphabets-calligraphy
#calligraphy #handwriting #indigenousLanguages #languagePreservation #minorityLanguages #fountainPens
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Languages are under threat all over the globe. Want to help raise awareness of, learn about, and help preserve endangered writing systems? Back @Endangeredalphabets Kickstarter!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/endangeredatlas/endangered-alphabets-calligraphy
#languages #indigenousLanguages #writingSystems #calligraphy #handwriting #languagePreservation
Great news! Inuktut is now on Google Translate! 🌍📱 Big step for Indigenous language revitalization and digital inclusion, helping Inuit speakers across Canada connect and share their culture. #Inuktut #LanguagePreservation #IndigenousLanguages
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/inuktut-indigenous-language-google-translate-1.7355303
Louisiana French is in decline, but the fight to preserve it continues. Discover the rich history, challenges, and efforts to revive this unique language. #LouisianaFrench #CajunCulture #LanguagePreservation https://www.ryanjhite.com/2024/06/11/the-decline-and-revival-of-louisiana-french-a-cultural-struggle/
New Brunswick's proportion of French-speaking immigrants highest ever
#NewBrunswick #Canada #Immigration #FrenchImmigration #BilingualCulture #LanguagePreservation #Census2021 #ImmigrationGrowth #CulturalRetention #Immigrants #FrenchSpeakingImmigrants
https://the-14.com/new-brunswicks-proportion-of-french-speaking-immigrants-highest-ever/
New Yorker interview. Aside from the acting, Lily Gladstone's involved in native language revitalization having acted in multiple native languages herself. Looking forward to more from her.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/lily-gladstone-is-holding-the-door-open
#LilyGladstone #NewYorker #Oscars #AcademyAwards #KillersOfTheFlowerMoon #Blackfeet #Indigenous #Osage #Tulsa #History #LanguagePreservation #LanguageRevitalization
https://devcodef1.com/news/1098555/icelandic-language-extinction?utm_source=mastodon #Islandiclanguage #digitalextinction #linguisticdiversity #languagepreservation
For centuries, Iceland has maintained its unique culture and language, isolated from the linguistic changes that shaped modern Nordic languages. However, due to increasing digitalization and globalization, the Icelandic language faces the risk of becoming marginalized. With only 300,000 speakers, the language has remained relativel
This is so cool! Using the Korean alphabet to preserve a rare + endangered language in another part of the world.
Title: "How Korea's alphabet is saving an Indonesian dialect"
Member of the #AcadémieFrançaise complains about #English loan words and the consequences for #French society of the loss of the ancient French word "compersion" (in fact an English word invented in the 1970s)
https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=59056
"And it's indeed ironic for a luminary of l'Académie Française to argue, by implication, that the remedy for the French nation's collapse is polyamory."
#compersion #polyamory #language #standards #LanguagePreservation #globalisme
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