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The Sharing Language Diversity Fellowship deadline is fast approaching! Friday, May 12. Visit this page to learn more about the opportunity and the guidelines. endangeredlanguagefund.org/s…
Read the guidelines carefully! Contact [email protected] with questions!
Happy new year to everyone!
Biden has signed the Durbin Feeling Native American Languages Act as well as the Native American Language Resource Center Act!
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The new Durbin Feeling Language Center has opened. Photos courtesy of Melissa Lewis.
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There are some fantastic talks & workshops happening at the International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation this year. It's all being held online at reduced rates, with the theme of "Recognizing Relationships" in language documentation and revitalisation:
Our lineup is incredible and we've got two amazing keynotes to match. Join @candacekgalla as she opens #ICLDC7 March 4th and Wesley Leonard as he closes #ICLDC7 on March 7th! We are happy to have such wonderful speakers! For more details see: ling.lll.hawaii.edu/sites/ic…
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Dr. Pius Akumbu is a native speaker of Babanki from NW #Cameroon. He has decades of experience in language documentation & revitalization, mother-tongue education, and language policy. He's currently a researcher at LLACAN-@Inalco. Welcome, Pius!
ALT A brownish-red slide with a photo of Dr. Pius Akumbu, and a speech bubble that reads "mà tɔ́ŋtə̀!" Below is a text box: "I am Pius Akumbu, a native speaker of Babanki in North-West Cameroon. I received my PhD in Linguistics from the University of Yaoundé 1, Cameroon in 2007, and since then I have taught or been a visiting scholar in Germany, Japan, and the United States. Since January 2022, I am working as a researcher on African languages and cultures at LLACAN (CNRS-INALCO-EPHE), Paris. My main research interests include language documentation and description, revitalization, and languages in education policy in Africa."
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Early registration is officially open!! Visit the link below to register for ICLDC 8. Early registration closes on January 31, so be sure to register before then to get the discounted rates.
#icldc #icldc8 #centeringjustice #linguistics #languagejustice #languagedocumentation
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CoEDL Affiliate @perezkelly received a 2022 DECRA Fellowship to build on his research on message sticks in long-distance communication, previously funded under the CoEDL Language Documentation scheme. Congrats Piers!
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January 2022 Member Spotlight: Adrienne Tsikewa (UCSB) works in language documentation, description, and reclamation. Convenor of the Native4Linguistics SIG, she strives to promote community-based language scholarship in her heritage language and others: linguisticsociety.org/conten…
Mark your calendars: sites.google.com/view/wailco… Keynote by Gabriela Pérez Báez!
Traditional knowledge at ‘core’ of indigenous heritage, and ‘must be protected’, says UN Forum news.un.org/en/story/2019/04…
Lack of Inuktut education in Nunavut constitutes 'cultural genocide,' says study | CBC News cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nti…
Three new Indigenous languages added to provincial curriculum - Prince Albert Daily Herald paherald.sk.ca/2019/04/16/th…
Call me by my name: Peru promotes use of indigenous names in public records buff.ly/2K5h487
Brand new 50-cent coin to feature indigenous languages news.com.au/finance/markets/…
A radio station becomes a welcome lifeline for Mexican, Central American indigenous languages nbcnews.com/news/latino/radi…
Fascinating story. Parallels to Plains Sign Language in North America! smh.com.au/national/we-will-…
"Now you can learn the first language that was spoken in Chicago." chicagoreader.com/chicago/bo…
Buffy Sainte-Marie opens language conference in Fredericton | CBC News cbc.ca/news/canada/new-bruns…
