“It is vital to protect and promote indigenous languages. In 2019, it was estimated that forty per cent of the world’s languages were in danger of extinction, the majority #indigenouslanguages.” @AudreyAzoulay
Discover the newly released @UNESCO Bulletin! https://t.co/lLZdcfy5YN
Registration for this year's Foundation for Endangered Languages Annual Conference is due this Friday (July 31): https://t.co/LxLohsel7q The conference will be held virtually 23-25 September 2020. Registration is FREE & donations to FEL are encouraged in lieu of reg fees. #FEL24
#LAPI2019 proceedings are now out in the current issue of the journal Études romanes de Brno in the dossier: “Lenguas amenazadas en la Península Ibérica. Situación actual y perspectivas para el futuro“: https://t.co/ftbXOAUeUa #LanguagesOfTheIberianPeninsula#minoritylanguages
👉 WE ARE HIRING! @UNESCO invites qualified companies/individuals to submit proposals to conduct an evaluation of UNESCO’s action within the framework of the @IYIL2019. Experts and evaluators from #indigenouscommunities are encouraged to apply.
Vacancy:https://t.co/J40KJqRaSd
We are pleased to announce the Call for Proposals for the 7th International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation: Recognizing Relationships, to be held virtually on March 4-7, 2021. For more info visit https://t.co/mTFoKd8cDW
“Timelines and plans for ethical and logistical resumption or initiation of field research will have to be very fine-grained, informed by local conditions, and sensitive to ongoing changes.”
Read more here: https://t.co/A0l5ROcHzZ
We're looking for a volunteer to help us move our listing of COVID-19 resources in 500+ languages (https://t.co/jivSnIS3iM) to a standalone web page which is easier to search and filter! If you can help with a small web programming project, please get in touch.
Our colleagues at virALLanguages are doing incredible work to create culturally relevant COVID-19 information in Indigenous languages. If you are able to translate health information for your community, please contact them and contribute! https://t.co/g1K8yUxb10
Aloha, ICLDC fans! We are pleased to share information on the theme for ICLDC 7, our plans in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, and our call for proposals, which will come out in summer. Visit our new website: https://t.co/s9obHkXfoL
Tune in to @dublab broadcast of Last Whispers, an audio "project about the mass extinction of languages...using unaltered vocal recordings from world language archives." #AILLA contributed audio to this effort. Tune in on Fri. April 24 at 12pmCST here: https://t.co/axW2FDLyl3
Ep 14 with @GuillemBelmar on #linguisticfieldwork in the time of COVID-19 is now available, with thoughts on how we can get our work done while doing our bit during these uncertain times: https://t.co/WIzpMJAufj