Aikuma Project

Creating a world that sustains its languages.

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Language Parties: keeping indigenous languages strong through celebration. Learn about the storytelling format and its social impact: pride, agency, participation, belonging🗣️🎉👏 @ILDecade @Indigenous_Org @InfoLinguapax @indiglang @_FPCC @7000languages

https://t.co/dJLkF0K0Zx

[Aikuma Project @AikumaProject]

21 Language Parties in 6 countries! Please check out our 2023 report, including an evaluation of the program and insights into how Language Parties create connection and belonging https://t.co/E7WlHeJQb8 #FirstPeoples #LanguageRevitalization #IndigenousLanguages @UN4Indigenous

[Aikuma Project @AikumaProject]

The latest issue of The Linguist features our storytelling format, called "language parties", which feature stories told in the original languages... in celebration of people who are keeping their languages strong https://t.co/aI90B4581R @KUMUlab @nyborrobyn @eternalflux

[Miranda Moore @MooreEdits]

New issue online. Love this photo of bilingual storytellers Joy Bulkanhawuy and Yirrininba Dhurrkay @AikumaProject https://t.co/ua6XV5b4Lf

[Aikuma Project @AikumaProject]

Learn (about) the original language where you live, this 21 February, International Mother Language Day, recognising "Palin's Principle" https://t.co/DqHmL8AXwy #FirstVoices #FirstPeoples #LanguageRevitalization #IndigenousLanguages #IMLD

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aodu - gather people together in love for reconciliation (Natügu / Natqgu – 3,700 speakers, Santa Cruz, Solomon Islands) https://t.co/JH8d22UnGa @VisitSolomons @OxfamSolomon @ginakekea @SolomonTimes @SolomonStarNews
@SIBCOnline @FactIslands @SILintl @AWalkerScott1
@Fordsmender

[Aikuma Project @AikumaProject]

tummang – coolness after overheating; feeling of returned mental clarity after one's body temperature lowers (Western Pantar – 10,000 speakers, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia) https://t.co/LqFija0iMp @CepadL
@Sec_TimorLeste @PHD_TimorLeste
@fretilin_ @EU_TimorLeste @MdSTimorLeste

[Aikuma Project @AikumaProject]

aɨ́k – the uneasy feeling that one's insides are being displaced, such as when looking down from a height, sitting in a fast-moving vehicle going over hilly terrain, or being in the presence of a member of the opposite sex (Gallo, Northeast India) https://t.co/LqFija0iMp

[Aikuma Project @AikumaProject]

anikok - the pain felt when swallowing something dry (Muyu, Western New Guinea) https://t.co/LqFija0iMp #WestPapua #Papua #Melanesia @IYIL2019

[Aikuma Project @AikumaProject]

dampurraweyithi - when a parent has been trying to tell their children to do something, then they just give up and say "oh go on then" (Murrinhpatha, Australia) https://t.co/MHTYx69r9j @johnbasil @FirstLangAU @indiglang @ourlanguages @IYIL2019

[Aikuma Project @AikumaProject]

Language Party – Darwin Botanic Gardens. Plus an interview with some of our storytellers: https://t.co/XePLLRvK2l https://t.co/9XHkGjhNLt @cityofdarwin @ABCIndigenous @abcdarwin @indigenous_gov @ntgovernment

[Aikuma Project @AikumaProject]

Extraordinary storytelling in local languages, with Aunty @Bilawara, 6pm Sun May 23, #LanguageParty Darwin Botanic Gardens. Bring a picnic and enjoy stories by sunset and moonlight. Tix https://t.co/ux5Xa6c6ht @cityofdarwin @ABCIndigenous @abcdarwin @indigenous_gov @ntgovernment

[Aikuma Project @AikumaProject]

Come for a sunset + moonlight picnic with storytelling! Six women will share stories from Africa, Asia, S America, and Indigenous Australia, emceed by Aunty Bilawara Lee. 6pm Sunday 23 May, Darwin Botanic Gardens, tix $15/10 from https://t.co/ux5Xa6c6ht #LanguageParty #DarwinNT

[Aikuma Project @AikumaProject]

Come down to the Darwin Botanic Gardens for stories from Africa, Asia, South America and Indigenous Australia, an all-women line-up, with Aunty Bilawara Lee! Sun 23 May 6-7.30pm, tickets online only from https://t.co/ux5Xa6c6ht @abcdarwin @ABCIndigenous @TheNTNews @LarrakiaRadio

[Bob Holman @BobHolmanPoet]

Thinking of languages strictly as means of communications makes it seem like nothing could be better than all of us speaking the same language. The answer, as poets know, is that languages are our true identity, they are who we are.

[Aikuma Project @AikumaProject]

Language Party – Darwin! Join us for an evening of beauty and inspiration with storytellers from Asia, Africa, and Indigenous Australia, Sun 23 May 6pm, Darwin Botanic Garden Visitor Centre
https://t.co/X5vTZNUY9z
@abcdarwin @ABCIndigenous @TheNTNews #Yolngu #AboriginalLanguages

[Davy ndlovu @NdlovuDavid]

Reviving a sleeping language is very challenging. Learning to speak a language that is no longer actively spoken is equally challenging. For me, I've resorted to speak with trees and birds to practice my day to day Tjwao communication.

[Aikuma Project @AikumaProject]

You know what we'll all need more of once the Covid-19 crisis is over? Language parties. This is where connection happens, and spirits soar. This is where we celebrate our difference. Learn how we made one for Canberra. https://t.co/nWp5BGXsJr

[Aikuma Project @AikumaProject]

You know what we'll all need more of once the Covid-19 crisis is over? Language parties. This is where connection happens, and spirits soar. This is where we celebrate our difference. Learn how we made one for Canberra. https://t.co/nWp5BGXsJr

[Aikuma Project @AikumaProject]

Friday inspiration: the story of Ngunawal man Glen Freeman's journey to revive and celebrate the forgotten language of Australia's Canberra region. https://t.co/EAqZMVRQeY

[Aikuma Project @AikumaProject]

Social distancing ✘

Physical distancing + social closeness ✔

But how? Flat screen + talking head + bad network?

Normalise social voice calls + exchanging voice messages. Use chat clients with voice messaging

The voice of another soul in your ear alone is pure intimacy 💐