How Yucatán Is Trying to Bridge the Gap Between Speaking and Writing Maya In Mexico, the Maya language has approximately 800,000 speakers, most of whom live in Tabasco, Chiapas, and the Yucatán Peninsula.

How Yucatán Is Trying to Bridge the Gap Between Speaking and Writing Maya
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#Mexico #indigenous #maya #language #langsky

31 March. National Taco Day in Mexico.

Goat meat tacos in blue corn tortilla.

Vegetarian tacos.

Fish tacos in flour tortilla from Baja California.

#Mexico #Mexicanfood #Nationaltacoday

31 March. National Taco Day in Mexico. A #taco consists of a fresh, soft (flour or corn) tortilla with any kind of filling, sauces and garnishes, depending on the region and local culture. There are countless variations of this sort of Mexican street food.

Papageno-Skulptur in Wiener 4. Bezirk.

Papagenotor. Theater an der Wien.

Papagenotor. Theater an der Wien.

Ein Reliefbild des Papageno, des Vogelfängers in Mozarts “Die Zauberflöte”, ist heutzutage am Eck des Hauses, wo bis 1801 der Freihaustheater stand, der Theater wo die Oper im Jahre 1791 uraufgeführt wurde. Die Operfigur ist auch am #Papagenotor des Theaters an der #Wien dargestellt.

Dzibilchaltún, Yucatán, México

Dzibilchaltún, Yucatán, México

#archaeology

Every March 21st, at dawn, the sun illuminates directly the main door of the Temple of the Seven Dolls in Dzibilchaltún, #Yucatan . This is one of the most famous archaeo-astronomical phenomena of the spring equinox in #Mexico.

The Rose Garden in Vienna, Austria.

Der Wiener Rosengarten im Vorfrühling. Alles wird sehr bald (und plötzlich) in Blüte sein. #Wien #Österreich

The Rose Garden in downtown #Vienna, right before #spring starts and everything comes suddenly into bloom.

#Austria

Why Do Dialects Develop? 5 Key Factors Dialects appear due to geographic isolation, linguistic contact, social identity, historical shifts, and the way languages change over time.

Dialects are a natural result of how humans live with each other in communities, and they are a wonderful reflection of our history and sense of identity.

#linguistics #language #dialects

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Il portale di RAI dedicato alla scuola Il portale di RAI dedicato alla scuola secondaria di I grado, di II grado, all'Università, ai Docenti e all'istruzione degli adulti. Guida TV e Diretta del canale tv Rai Scuola

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Temporary exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in Mexico City.

Temporary exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in Mexico City.

Temporary exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in Mexico City.

Temporary exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in Mexico City.

#Art

Seldom has one the chance to admire some of the most famous paintings of #Mexican artists such as Diego #Rivera, Frida #Kahlo, or María Izquierdo, but now there is a temporary exhibition of the private "Gelman Collection" at the Museum of Modern Art in #Mexico City (until 17 May, 2026).

Queen Millennia es la neta aunque es un manga paleozoico (principio de los 80). Creo que nunca han hecho una versión en vivo.

How literacy and mother languages are empowering communities This year’s edition of International Mother Language Day, celebrated on 21 February, highlights the vital role of youth in shaping multilingual education. Language is more than a communication tool

“Mother languages are not relics of the past, but living knowledge systems that carry values, solutions, and ways of relating to the world."

#languages #languagelearning #languageeducation #languageresearch #langchat

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Maya temple ruins in Yucatan, Mexico

Maya temple ruins in Yucatan, Mexico

Maya temple ruins in Yucatan, Mexico

#archaeology #history

After the arrival of the Spanish religious orders and soldiers in #Yucatan (XVI and XVII centuries), many churches, monasteries and offices were built on top of previously existing #Maya temples and palaces, or using stones of those ancient structures.

#Mayaculture #Mexico

Beach in Yucatan, Mexico

Beach in Yucatan, Mexico

Beach in Yucatan, Mexico

While Central Europe has been freezing in the past days, we have been enjoying a fantastic weather at home, with 37 degrees celsius today at the beach in #Yucatan .

#Mexico #beachlife

The Rohonc Codex: Hungary’s Mysterious Manuscript That No One Can Read Image by Klaus Schmeh, via Wikimedia Commons Magyar, which is spoken and written in Hungary, ranks among the hardest European languages to learn.

The Rohonc Codex: Hungary’s Mysterious Manuscript That No One Can Read

Handwritten version of the Cherokee syllabary, written in Sequoyah's own hand.

The first issue of the Cherokee Phoenix periodical was published #OnThisDay in AD 1828. It was the first newspaper published in the Cherokee syllabary, a writing system invented in the early 19th century by Cherokee polymath Sequoyah 1/2

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A detailed chart of the Cherokee Syllabary including the consonants and vowels.

On this day in 1928, the first edition of the Cherokee Phoenix is printed.

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International Mother Language Day

International Mother Language Day

#Langsky

21 February is International Mother Language Day.

My mother tongue is Mexican #Spanish but the native language of my home region is Yucatec Maya - one of the 68 recognized #Mexican national languages - spoken by 800,000 people in the #Yucatan Peninsula.

#Mexico #languages

English ‘friend’ and its West Germanic cognates are quite different from North Germanic words such as Danish ‘ven’.

‘Friend’ stems from a present participle meaning “loving”. It’s related to ‘free’ and ‘Friday’.

The English cognate of ‘ven’ was lost, although it lingers in names such as ‘Godwin’:

Archaeologist and trumpet player Miquel López-Garcia carefully plays a shell trumpet from Neolithic Catalonia.
The high-intensity sound would have been useful for long-distance communication, and they may have also been effective musical instruments.

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🏺 #Archaeology

AI has helped scientists from Heerlen, Maastricht and Leiden confirm a mysterious Roman stone is a real board game—and even reconstruct its rules nearly 2,000 years later. The discovery pushes strategy games further back in time. Curious to play it yourself? 🎲 Read more: edu.nl/u6cgy

#AI

Felicidades, excelente artículo y reflexiones muy pertinentes. En ciertas partes de México, como Tulum o San Miguel, el desplazamiento social y cultural, provocado por la llegada masiva de extranjeros, está reduciendo la expresión autóctona a una simple manifestación colorista con fines turísticos.

No fue solo entretenimiento: fue un aviso directo 🚨
@albertodebelaunde.bsky.social descifra la historia y el mensaje que encendieron debates tras el gran show.

🧃Clic aquí: tinyurl.com/2fjfvfn2

Spanish is clearly now the world’s coolest language. So why do we push British children to learn French? | Gary Nunn As Bad Bunny showed at the Super Bowl, español is the coming thing. No wonder it’s now the top GCSE language choice, says journalist Gary Nunn

Spanish is clearly now the world’s coolest language. So why do we push British children to learn French? | Gary Nunn

Exacto. Ya no hay esas leyendas del doblaje mexicano como Julio Lucena, Jorge Arvízu o Víctor Alcocer. El magnífico doblaje de "Don Gato" fue lo que volvió famoso el programa en México, cuando en EEUU incluso cancelaron el programa original después de 30 episodios.

Algunos de los doblajes actuales son horribles. Sobre todo los hechos para películas gringas en televisión.

“Milliner”: it’s literally from Milan A fancy word for fancy hats owing to Milanese merchants selling fancy wares. Fancy that!

Speaking of Milan, a "milliner," as in a person who makes or sells women's hats, originally referred to someone from Milan.

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Es un clasicazo de la música pop italiana. La cantante original sigue todavía muy vigente en Italia, pese a que ya tiene 75 años.

El Show De Los Muppets - Cerditos En El Espacio: Fuera De La Basura Doblaje CINSA ES-MEX YouTube video by OxiMan

El doblaje mexicano del "Show de los Muppets" en los 80 era buenísimo...

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Book review: Proto – How One Ancient Language Went Global Proto-Indo-European gave birth to a plethora of modern languages, but there remains a question mark over its origins

Proto-Indo-European gave birth to a plethora of modern languages - from English to Farsi.

But as @laurainparis.bsky.social explores in her book "Proto", there remains a question mark over its origins

#linguistics

Excavation of a flat stone pavement (an early ritual structure). In the background, several moai stand on a stone platform.

This week is the #TapatiFestival, a celebration of the culture and traditions of Rapa Nui (Easter Island).

Long thought to have spread from West Polynesia with the first settlers, radiocarbon dates suggest some ritual practices originate on the island.

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🏺 #Archaeology