Here are excerpts mentioning language (specifically languages other than the main 6 official UN ones) from an article about a conference relating to the UN and...
The following item was seen on the Orange County Register (Calif., US) site at http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/news/columns/article_1664251.php Friday,...
Tuesday, 24 July 2007 Bilingual skills becoming the norm Three Maori, three Maori speakers. The bilingual skills of Wellington men Roihana Nuri, Lewis Moeau,...
Just a quick note concerning the low traffic on this list over the last several months. I have been busy with a number of other things that have taken...
The current issue of the magazine World Literature Today focuses on endangered languages. See http://www.ou.edu/worldlit/onlinemagazine/2007September/home.htm...
The International Center for Writing and Translation (ICWT) at the University of California - Irvine is holding an event called "Global Conversations: A...
FYI (seen on ILAT)... Press Release 07-173 National Science Foundation Makes Documenting Endangered Languages Permanent Program NSF commits to full-time...
FYI, the call for nominations for the Linguapax Award 2008. Note the deadline of Dec. 15. ... We are pleased to inform you that the call for candidates to the...
FYI... (fwd from the Unicode list)... KATHMANDU, Dec 12: The Nepali language contemporary online dictionary was launched Tuesday with a view to minimise...
I've just learned that the deadline for nominations has been extended to 21 December 2007. Don ... deadline of Dec. 15. ... Linguapax awards 2008 is open....
Greetings and Happy New Year to all, The year 2008 has been proclaimed International Year of Languages by the United Nations General Assembly. UNESCO, which...
Dear all Apologies for cross-postings! If you have five minutes when you don't want to do any more analysis for a moment, this might be a fun different slant...
For those who are not aware, today is the 9th annual observance of International Mother Language Day, and the date of the official launch of the International...
Hi Damien, This is an interesting project and fits with David Crystal's idea of promoting use of art to raise awareness about languages. I've added a page ...
Dr. Neville Alexander of South Africa is the recipient of the 2008 Linguapax Prize: 22.02.2008 The South African linguist Neville Alexander will receive the...
World Congress on Specialized Translation Havana, Cuba December 8-13, 2008 As part of the activities of the International Year of Languages, the MAAYA Network...
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FYI, in a recent blog posting, I discuss the Universal Declaration of Linguistic rights and how to raise awareness of lingusistic rights in general during this...
FYI from the Linguist List http://linguistlist.org/issues/19/19-1155.html . Khoisan is the smallest of the 4 language families indigenous to Africa, often...
FYI, passing on this information on the "Global Understanding in Multilingual, Multimodal & Multimedia Contexts" (GUM3C) conference. The ... The World Language...
FYI, seen on the lgpolicy-list ... France: deputies vote for 'regional' language recognition amidst strong UN criticism Bruxelles - Brussel, Tuesday, 27 May...
FYI (fwd from lgpolicy-list). =========================== Full Title: 12th International Conference on Minority Languages Short Title: ICML XII Date:...
Just caught up with this item from April concerning this "CIL 18" conference on the theme of "Unity and Diversity of Languages" in Seoul, on July 21-26. Will...
As many of you may know, the National Museum of Language (U.S.) is sponsoring a contest for design of a flag symbolizing languages and their importance. There...
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