Endangered Languages Week

Tuesday, November 8 at 5 pm: Dr. Mary Linn (U Oklahoma), "State of the State: Oklahoma Native Languages in the 21st Century,": A Festival of Ideas Global Research Institute Event (University Hall 011)

http://ling.uta.edu/endangeredweek/state-of-state-poster-web.pdf

Endangered Languages Week continues! Center for Linguistic Diversity in Seoul, Korea. Major documentation work has been done on Altaic languages (including Chulym, the language that appears in the documentary 'The Linguists' - which we are screening today at 5 pm, with a panel discussion afterwards. And at noon, Verbal Arts in Africa!

언어다양성 보존 활용센터 The 20th century has seen a historically unparalleled extinction of minority cultures and languages. Unfortunately it was not until this extinction that linguists and anthropologists, thinking of the future of humanity realized that this disappearance is an irreversible loss. In the same way t...

Dr. Mary Linn's talk on "State of the State: Oklahoma Native Languages in the 21st Century,": A Festival of Ideas Global Research Institute Event and a Native American Heritage Month Event has been rescheduled to Tuesday November 8 at 5 pm in University Hall 011.

Today: the Māori haka at noon! And then at 5 pm, Dr. Mike Cahill will speak on ""Extreme Literacy: Developing an Orthography for an Unwritten Language." And guess what? He wrote his MA thesis here at UTA!

Today's Endangered Languages Week events, and Friday's, are part of an entire month of activities to honor Native American Heritage Month. Join us today at 12 noon and at 5 pm!

UTA’s Native American Student Association hosts events to recognize culture The Shorthorn - the official student newspaper at The University of Texas at Arlington

UTA expands Native American observance to entire month of November | Schools | News from... Programs will include an "Endangered Languages Week."

Endangered Languages Week lends speakers’ voices to languages almost silenced The Shorthorn - the official student newspaper at The University of Texas at Arlington

Endangered Languages Week Starts Tomorrow (Monday) at Noon with Dr. Jerry Edmondson! This link is an article about one of Thursday evening's panelists, Dr. Sadaf Munshi, and her work in Pakistan.

Passion for preservation | Denton Record Chronicle | News for Denton County, Texas | Local News DentonRC.com is the official website for The Denton Record-Chronicle newspaper, Dentons trusted source for area local news, sports, weather, and more.

More to inspire you for Endangered Languages Week...the Karuk Tribe of California and their efforts to revitalize their language. California efforts like the Master-Apprentice program and Breath of Life are also being used in Oklahoma...hear about it this week!

In Karuk | North Coast Journal | Humboldt County (Oct. 27, 2011) Elaina Supahan Albers remembers well what her husband, Phil Albers Jr., said that day eight years ago when she told him she was pregnant with their first child. She was 20 and he was 23. They both worked hotel jobs and attended Southern Oregon University, although Phil was about to ...

Starting on Monday...unique opportunities for Comanche storytelling and to hear and learn the Māori haka!

Crisis Talk: Endangered Languages Week Set “Language,” mused author Samuel Johnson, “is the dress of thought.” Likewise, if what you wear reflects what you are, then your style of speech indicates your thinking and part of your orig...

Did you know that Taiwan is a language hotspot? Come hear more on Monday at noon, when Dr. Jerry Edmondson speaks on ""Taiwan's endangered aboriginal languages" (in the Chemistry & Physics Bldg. 303)

Language Hotspots - Taiwan, Northern Philippines Taiwan and the Philippines hold a huge number of diverse languages. In Taiwan, many of these languages have already been lost, and many of the other aboriginal languages are extremely endangered due to pressure to speak larger languages. In the Philippines, indigenous languages are threatened by the...

How can you get ready for Endangered Languages Week? Try listening to Lakota, a Native American language from the Siouan family!

The Berenstain Bears speak Lakota in special 20-episode series Native American newspaper. The Circle News. Native American news and arts. Native American news.