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We are excited to have 50 words in Gangulu live on our 50 words map! Our thanks to speaker Thomas Watson.
🔍 Head to 50words.online to listen
#50Words #IndigenousLanguages
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Have you ever had questions about how to keep your language strong?
This International Mother Language Day, February 21, we are honored to officially launch the ELP Language Revitalization Mentors program. bit.ly/mentors-launch
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Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a day when we remember the millions of lives lost to genocide. We mourn those lives; we at the Jewish Language Project also mourn the bounty of linguistic knowledge that was lost to these horrors. #NeverForget
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Congrats to Living Tongues Director Dr. Greg Anderson & Program Director Anna L. Daigneault for co-writing a chapter in this amazing new book, The Handbook of Linguistic Human Rights, edited by Tove Skutnabb-Kangas & Robert Phillipson, out now on Wiley Blackwell. #LanguageJustice
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A big day in Livonian history. The first bilingual Latvian-Livonian sign appeared on the Livonian Coast today. Livonian has never had this level of official recognition in its historic homeland before. Read more at the UL Livonian Institute's fb page:
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Pertame people are fundraising to build a classroom to teach their language on country, you can support them by donating or sharing 💸
chuffed.org/project/pertam
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Applications close at TODAY—1/23 at 12:00am midnight, GMT/UTC. If you’re in the early stages of language revitalization or thinking about getting started, please apply!
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Applications are now open for our 2023-2024 Language Revitalization Accelerator! Get funding, training, and dedicated support for starting or growing a language project in your community.
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Digitizing indigenous languages on is herculean. The journey comprises:
- Teaching volunteering as a life.
- Nurturing; building a community
- Exploring and developing resources
- Being a liaison at for
- etc
May our ancestors be proud!
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If you're in the Washington, DC area, check out this January 25 screening of the documentary GYANI MAIYA, directed by .
The film is about the last known fluent speaker of Kusunda, in Nepal, told through interviews with her & her community:
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This Living Dictionary is led by linguist Jacob Kodner and language editors Batya Mazor Hoffman, Nissan Abadi, Samuel Miller, Angel Mordekhay, Noah Khaloo. This resource is a collaboration between us, & . Learn more:
livingdictionaries.app/jewish-neo-ara
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I'm happy to say that I've put in an application for the Language Revitalization Accelerator 2023. The form was such a joy to fill out, and it provided an opportunity to reflect on my goals for the Igbo language. I invite you to check it out. #IgboPIP
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Job alert! , a wonderful organization promoting biocultural diversity, is looking for a part-time Executive Assistant in BC, Canada - see details here:
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Teach us your favorite word or phrase in one of the #Doyon region languages! Just record & post a short video tagging us & on #Instagram or #TikTok to enter! 1st, 2nd & 3rd place #prizes will be awarded to the video with the most engagement. Contest ends 1/15/23.
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Today’s episode of
shares stories from the revival of Barngarla in Australia, as well as greetings in language from , , and many other friends & colleagues of ELP! Listen here:
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Preparing for my first interview in Spanish on Cable noticias Morelos QuintanaRoo #maya #QuintanaRoo #Indigenous #Yucatán #Belize
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Hai que mirar pa Gales
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If you haven't heard, we launched an organization dedicated to the reclamation of Kouri-Vini, the endangered #Creole #language of #Louisiana this year! To learn more about our educational resources or to support, please visit chinbo.org
#kourivini #louisianacreole
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2022 té in gran lanné pou Chinbo, Inc. Si vouzòt té manké nouvel-layé, no té lansé nô lòrganizasyon é nô plas latwal le 30 oktòb 2022. Pou konné plis o souchin nô travay, no invité vou pou kliké lyin-çila: chinbo.org
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Applications are still open for the 2023-2024 Language Revitalization Accelerator!
Keep your language alive!!!
Get funding, training, and dedicated support for starting or growing a language project in your community.
Apply here:
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Do you support language revitalization? With four days until 2023, there's still time to triple your impact—all donations are matched 2X up to $6,500! Your support goes directly to grants and training for endangered language activists. Learn more at 
wikitongues.org/donate/
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I’ve seen a couple of Egyptian tiktoks where the ت in a possessive (ie خطيبتي) is pronounce “ch” ie khatibchi, or like “my sister” “my grandmother” in this clip. Is this an old feature of some spoken Egyptian? I know Libyan Jews used to switch ت to “ch” as well
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In other words, every $1 you give instantly becomes $3. Your contributions will go directly to supporting our 2023 Language Revitalization cohort—so if the work we do at makes you hopeful, consider us for your end-of-year giving. There is still time!
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Do you support language revitalization? With four days until 2023, there's still time to triple your impact—all donations are matched 2X up to $6,500! Your support goes directly to grants and training for endangered language activists. Learn more at
wikitongues.org/donate/
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Do you support language revitalization? With four days until 2023, there's still time to triple your impact—all donations are matched 2X up to $6,500! Your support goes directly to grants and training for endangered language activists. Learn more at 👉
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For anyone interested, there is a book that is taught in Oxford university, called “Handbook of Jewish Languages”, by Lily Kahn and Aaron D .Rubin.
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By 2025, will support at least 75 language revitalization projects like Julia's. If this work makes you hopeful, please consider us for your end-of-year giving. Donations are double-matched through 12/31—and we're >$500 from hitting our goal!
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Among her peers, there are several who are now nearly fluent in Mvskoke. "We can reach a point where it’s actively spoken, and we can preserve it as a part of our heritage.” Learn how Julia Mainzinger uses contemporary tech to keep her language alive. medium.com/wikitongues/fi
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Among her peers, there are several who are now nearly fluent in Mvskoke. "We can reach a point where it’s actively spoken, and we can preserve it as a part of our heritage.” Learn how Julia Mainzinger uses contemporary tech to keep her language alive.
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I imagine in a decade or two we'll see articles on whether or not this change results in more conversational French speakers.
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Els parlants de català i d’aragonès es podran adreçar a l’administració en la llengua pròpia
✅ El govern de l’Aragó enllesteix un decret que regula els idiomes històrics amb una forta oposició de la dreta
diaridelallengua.cat/els-parlants-d
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We are celebrating w/ by launching our "In Your Words Video Challenge". Share your fave word/phrase in a #Doyon region #language & have a chance to #winprizes: $100, $50, $25 gift card to Collective 49 Marketplace! Questions? Contact: kriggs@7000.org.
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Besides Tiöma, there are no more than 20 living Wymysorys speakers, nearly all of them elders. If this kind of work makes you hopeful, please keep us in mind for your end-of-year giving. Donations are double-matched through 12/31 👉 wikitongues.org/donate/
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"I decided at the age of five to revitalize my language," says Tiöma, the youngest living Wymysorys speaker. Today, his latest project is a book of mother-tongue oral histories and stories." Here's how he's keeping his language alive with Wikitongues. medium.com/wikitongues/ce
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"I decided at the age of five to revitalize my language," says Tiöma, the youngest living Wymysorys speaker. Today, his latest project is a book of mother-tongue oral histories and stories." Here's how he's keeping his language alive with Wikitongues.
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We are pleased to be part of this ground-breaking publication, The Handbook of Linguistic Human Rights, edited by Tove Skutnabb-Kangas & Robert Phillipson (out now on #Wiley #Blackwell).
Gregory D. S. Anderson & Anna Luisa Daigneault co-wrote an article for this book. Congrats!
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"SASDO is working so San children can learn their ancestral language, Khwedam—and toward a future where that language is part of education, the literary arts, and discourse." Learn more about Wikitongues -backed activist Moshe Kxoegoe Maghundu.
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"The Osage name for the event was 𐓻𐓣͘𐓤𐓘𐓻𐓣͘ 𐓘𐓬𐓘 𐓨𐓣͘𐓥𐓘𐓤’𐓟 𐓪𐓥𐓣͘𐓟 𐓘𐓬𐓙, which translates to 'the children are talking to the stars.'"
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If this kind of work makes you feel hopeful, please consider for your end-of-year giving. Donations are double-matched through 12/31!
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"This dictionary will be the most comprehensive to date—and will allow future generations to reconnect with their ancestral tongue." Learn more about Benson Ko-Chou Fang's Wikitongues-backed effort to reawaken the Taivoan language in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. medium.com/wikitongues/re
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"This dictionary will be the most comprehensive to date—and will allow future generations to reconnect with their ancestral tongue." Learn more about Benson Ko-Chou Fang's Wikitongues-backed effort to reawaken the Taivoan language in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
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We are sad to share that, last week, we received confirmation that Ukrainian writer, activist, and longtime volunteer Volodymyr Vakulenko had been killed by the Russian army during its invasion of Ukraine. (1/3)
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A great start to 5783 ✡️🎉
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Exciting news! Our Documentation Manager, Jacob Kodner, applied & was accepted to a grant through @Wikitongues & the @Wikimedia Foundation, the parent organization of Wikipedia! We will produce new video content in 6 critically endangered Jewish languages/dialects.
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