@CIDLeS

Interdisciplinary Centre for Social and Language Documentation

 Minde (Portugal)
cidles.eu
Joined October 2014
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Sámi Language Week is coming up in October! The 11 different Sámi languages are spoken by the Sámi Indigenous peoples of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. Learn more: rcinet.ca/eye-on-the-arctic/… #gïelevåhkoe #giellavahkku #giellavahkko #SayItInSaami #WeAreIndigenous
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“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! en.unesco.org/news/indigenou…
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Registration for this year's Foundation for Endangered Languages Annual Conference is due this Friday (July 31): eventbrite.co.uk/e/fel-24-te… The conference will be held virtually 23-25 September 2020. Registration is FREE & donations to FEL are encouraged in lieu of reg fees. #FEL24

FEL 24: Teaching and Learning Resources for Endangered Languages

This FEL conference is devoted to teaching and learning materials for, in, and about endangered languages.

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ICLDC@ICLDC_HI7 Jul 2020
Some Canadian schools to offer Michif immersion: leaderpost.com/news/saskatch…

Michif pilot project aims to revitalize language among young students

"Unless we do something now, we will lose this language in a very short period of time..."

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#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“: phil.muni.cz/journals/index.… #LanguagesOfTheIberianPeninsula #minoritylanguages
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👉 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:unevaluation.org/vacancies/d…
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Innovating and Adapting to Covid-19 restrictions: Aboriginal Community Language Programs livinglanguages.org.au/comin… – at Melbourne, Victoria
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CIDLeS retweeted
ICLDC@ICLDC_HI11 Jun 2020
University website offers information about virus in 40 languages (including some Indigenous languages): edscoop.com/ucla-covid19-web…

UCLA launches COVID-19 website in more than 40 languages | EdScoop

As many minority communities go overlooked during the public health crisis, UCLA delivers health information and resources to the public in dozens of languages, including American Sign Language.

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CIDLeS retweeted
ICLDC@ICLDC_HI10 Jun 2020
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 ling.lll.hawaii.edu/sites/ic…
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THIRD CALL FOR PAPERS: New Contexts for the Use of Minoritized Languages/Varieties #NEWCON2020: cidles.eu/blog/third-call-fo… #minoritylanguage #endangeredlanguage
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“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: items.ssrc.org/?p=6292
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ICLDC@ICLDC_HI26 May 2020
Quechua language of Peru draws interest on social media: reuters.com/article/us-healt…

Lonely Peruvians learn to say 'I miss you' in the language of the Incas

Homesick Peruvians around the world in coronavirus lockdowns have been logging online in rising numbers to learn Quechua, the Andean language spoken by the Inca people.

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We're looking for a volunteer to help us move our listing of COVID-19 resources in 500+ languages (bit.ly/COVID-multilingual) 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.
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ICLDC@ICLDC_HI14 May 2020
N.Y. professor's free Ladino course draws interest: wbng.com/2020/05/12/local-pr…
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#Europeminoritylanguages #StopCOVID19 #Irish Does anyone want to translate this into other European Minority languages? Let us know!
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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! globalvoices.org/2020/05/11/…

Promoting coronavirus education through indigenous languages

A new online initiative called virALLanguages is helping speakers of indigenous, minority, endangered and other marginalized languages create informational videos on coronavirus in their own langua...

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CIDLeS retweeted
ICLDC@ICLDC_HI4 May 2020
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: ling.lll.hawaii.edu/sites/ic…
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#Europeminoritylanguages #StopCOVID19 #Lombard Does anyone want to translate this into other European Minority languages? Let us know!
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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: dublab.com/
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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: lingfieldnotes.podbean.com/e…

Ep 14: Fieldwork in the Time of COVID-19 with Guillem Belmar | Field...

Today's episode is Guillem Belmar, a Linguistics PhD student at UC Santa Barbara. In this episode, we discuss the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on fieldwork. This discussion was inspired by UCSB grad...

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