"A common cultural feature of the current Irish and the historical British rule is found in indifference about the societal viability of Irish." bit.ly/47zIQ50 Full text below for Irish Times article 13.3.26 #Gaeilge #Gaeltacht #GaelicCrisis #Gaelic #MinLang
"The State’s perspective on the Irish language and its speakers has become indistinguishable from that of British colonial rule" Our thanks to @IrishTimes for publishing our Op-Ed today #Gaeilge #Gaeltacht #Gaelic #GaelicCrisis #Colonialism
@ThinkUHI archive.is/8C6uO
Eskerrik asko! Thanks for the kind welcome in #Azpeitia, #Basque Country for #Arnasguneak2025 conference to examine the sociolinguistic crisis in Europe's minority-language vernacular communities. Link below to our #LanDS paper, as requested by attendees: bit.ly/3Twqmef
Our thanks to the #Basque #Arnasguneak2025 organisers for inviting us to contribute to the conference on minority vernacular communities. Looking forward to presenting our ideas on "Protecting Vernacular Communities in Minority Language Revitalisation: A social dynamic analysis." #Euskara #Gaelic
A research note on our recently published Language Dynamics in Society article available here: bit.ly/3IMZrsw - a new analytical framework of Ethnolinguistic Vitality (EV) + a comprehensive revision of Fishman’s and others’ vitality models: doi.org/10.2478/tdje...
My interview in the #Basque daily Berria 26.7.25 on the limitations of symbolic minority-language promotion and denialist language politics: www.berria.eus/euskal-herri... Eskerrik asko
Arantxa Iraola.
Our thanks to the Journal of Ethnic Studies for publishing our Language Dynamics in Society (LanDS) article, a comprehensive reappraisal of Ethnolinguistic Vitality frameworks, including a significant revision of Fishman’s (E)GIDS bit.ly/3Twqmef
Analysis of #ScottishLanguagesBill bit.ly/3G7YFWd "The official and academic failure to engage sincerely with the reality check which the #GaelicCrisis evidence engendered is also implicated in this misguided legislation ... [the Bill] amounts to a rebuff to the remaining #Gaelic communities".
On the 5th anniversary of the publication of the #GaelicCrisis study, we enquire what concrete steps have been taken to address the ongoing social decline of #Scotland's native speaking #Gaelic communities? #ScottishLanguagesBill does not address this. bit.ly/4bOzkdT
