Tag: languages
Save regional languages with Michel Feltin-Palas
/ Podcasts / In person(s) “A language is a dialect with an army and a navy”Max Weinreinch, linguist. It is with this edifying quote that Michel Feltin-Palas’ book opens, a…
“For the teaching of works in regional languages at school”
During this French Language and Francophonie Week, our collective “For literature in regional languages at school” is sending Pap Ndiaye, Minister of National Education, a petition that has collected more…
From Moroccan to sign language, our election videos are now available in multiple languages
The articles on our website can already be read in other languages via a translation button. By clicking on the globe above the article you can have it translated into…
Regional languages: Napoleon’s astonishing investigation
WOULD YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE THIS NEWSLETTER FOR FREE? >> Click here It is a little known episode in the history of France. In 1806, Napoleon entrusted his statistics office…
Defending regional languages means defending a human right
The case did not make headlines; the defenders of freedom have not mobilized and, to my knowledge, BHL is not preparing any film on the subject. And yet… Last summer,…
What do migrations do to languages, and languages to migrations?
“It is in languages that everything is played out: exile, asylum, encounters, culture…“. With anthropologists, sociologists and sociolinguists, Marie-Caroline Saglio-Yatzimirsky conducted the survey for four years in migrant reception centers…
Lycksele opens for signs in several Sami languages
A language border between Ume Sami and Southern Sami has been discussed this year, hence the screwed down signs. Like other areas in Sami territory, Lycksele must have signs, not…
Decade of Indigenous Languages: great cause of UNESCO
On December 13, 2022, UNESCO officially launched its International Decade of Indigenous Languages. This ten-year event aims to draw global attention to the need to preserve indigenous languages around the…
Three languages disappear every month: how to explain it?
WOULD YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE THIS NEWSLETTER FOR FREE? Click here In 2015, only 9 speakers of Tosu, a Tibeto-Burman language from China, remained. No need to be an expert…
Christmas song ‘Zes beautiful balls’ translated into nine different languages, maker now hopes for Utrecht version
There is now a number in Frisian, German, French, Spanish and Greek. There are also versions in the dialect, such as Central Limburgish. The songwriter hopes that there will be…