Then there's modernization. Even robust languages like Icelandic feel the pressure. The dominance of English online and in tech can quietly push smaller languages to the margins, even in their own countries. #RareTongues #ThatWordChat #LanguageShift

With the Russian Language Waning in Central Asia, Will Other Languages Replace It? https://timesca.com/with-the-russian-language-waning-in-central-asia-will-other-languages-replace-it/ #Eurasia #CentralAsia #RussianLanguage #LanguageShift #LanguagePolicy #LanguageDiversity

Greenlandic MP refuses to speak Danish in parliament debate...

When the speaker of the parliament encouraged Høegh-Dam to repeat her speech in Danish, she refused.

After the debate, Høegh-Dam said her speech had focused on the recent revelations. “I don’t understand why it is so odious to be allowed to speak what is categorised as the official language of Greenland, which is my constituency.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/12/greenlandic-mp-refuses-to-speak-danish-in-parliament-debate #LanguageShift

"Reclaiming Sacred Sparks: Linguistic Syncretism and Gendered Language Shift among Hasidic Jews in New York" - Ayala Fader

https://doi.org/10.1525/jlin.2007.17.1.1

#anthropology #aiart #midjourney #academia @anthropology #HasidicJews #LinguisticSyncretism #LinguisticSimultaneity #gender #LanguageShift #Yiddish

Language shift

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_shift

#toki_ante #ante_toki #LanguageShift