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Taking a Leaf from Biology to Preserve Languages
Biodiversity scientists use language tree to help guide preservation efforts
Scores of indigenous North American languages might not survive the 21st century, so scientists...
Tamazight Protests Hit Algeria
Protestors in northern Algeria are calling on the government to fund promotion and preservation of Tamazight, their indigenous language.
The protests come after the...
Canadian Stats Reveal Need for Revitalization
Growth of the Indigenous population in Canada continues to rapidly outpace that of the rest of the country, but Indigenous languages need more revitalization efforts, according to census data released by Statistics Canada (http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/index-eng.cfm).
Between 2006...
NSW Australia Passes First Aboriginal Languages Bill
New South Wales (NSW) recently passed legislation that acknowledges the value of indigenous language, and the importance it holds to the country’s First Peoples and to the cultural heritage of NSW. The legislation is a...
US Leaves Education, Science, Culture Organization
Following in President Reagan’s footsteps, the Trump administration has announced the U.S. intention to withdraw from United Nations Educational Scientific Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in January 2019, citing financial reasons and anti-Israel bias.
UNESCO is responsible...
Spanish on High
Leanna Robinson climbs to Cusco, Peru to learn Spanish with altitude
After years of official schooling in the U.S. in a foreign language, in my case Spanish, I found myself in the same situation...
Artist and Teacher Create Emojis to Promote Diversity
Mapuche schoolteacher Victor Carilaf has teamed up with Chilean artist Fiestoforo to create Kimeltuwe, a collective that has released sets of emojis to...
Hawaiian Language Sets a Good Example
Revitalization efforts for the Hawaiian language are now being used as a model for success for other indigenous language programs. Advocates of endangered languages visited the University of Hawaii at Manoa this month for...
NEH & First Nations Combine to Revitalize Native American Languages
Despite being threatened with elimination under the proposed federal budget, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has announced a three-year partnership with First Nations Development Institute (First Nations) to foster the revitalization of...
Portuguese through an Independent Lens
Kristal Bivona examines an approach to overcome the inherent imperialism...
