Ireland should step up to advance the cause of minority languages during our Presidency of the EU later this year, a European advocacy group has said. #Gaeilge #MinorityLanguages jrnl.ie/6984310t
BBC Alba: The Guarani People - Trusadh: Is Mise Loretta | BBC ALBA
Teachdaireachd cumhachdach, gun teagamh sam bith ❤️💪
For the full conversation head to BBC ALBA’s YouTube, or watch Is Mise Loretta on iPlayer now.
#minoritylanguages #gaelic #guarani #saopaulo #brazil #scottishgaelic
#BBCALBA […]
El poder de les dones al cine 🎟 espanyol en català, basc i gallec 💪🏼
www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/features/cul...
#Languages
#MinorityLanguages
#Spain
#España
#Espanya
#Llengües
#LlengüesMinoritàries
#Cine
#Català #Basc #Gallec
#Catalán #Vasco #Gallego
#Gaeilge #Irish #IrishLanguage
Anocht, bhuail mé le fear ó Chennai i Tamilnadu san Ind (India), fear ó Ceanada agus fear ón mBulgáir! #CallanansPub #Cork #CorkCity #MinorityLanguages #Ireland #Europe
#gàidhlig #scotslanguage #scotstober #seachdainnagàidhlig #minoritylanguages #indigenouslanguages #languagesky #nativespeaker #motherlanguage #languagelearner #endangeredlanguages
Basque street signage with Spanish language painted over.
Ath-theangachadh?
Spàinis air a dubhadh às an Dùthaich nam Basgach.
Re-tonguing?
Spanish language blacked out on roadsigns in the Basque Country.
#Euskera #Euskadi #Gàidhlig #Gaelic #MinorityLanguages #languages #MastoDaoine
Liz Lochhead reads “Kidspoem/Bairnsang” for Media Matters (2010)
#poem #poetry #scots #language #MinorityLanguages
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2Pf...
Kidspoem/Bairnsang Liz Lochhead it wis January and a gey dreich day the first day Ah went to the school so my Mum happed me up in ma good navy-blue napp coat wi the rid tartan hood birled a scarf aroon ma neck pu’ed oan ma pixie an my pawkies it wis that bitter said noo ye’ll no starve gie’d me a wee kiss and a kid-oan skelp oan the bum and sent me aff across the playground tae the place Ah’d learn to say it was January and a really dismal day the first day I went to school so my mother wrapped me up in my best navy-blue top coat with the red tartan hood twirled a scarf around my neck pulled on my bobble-hat and mittens it was so bitterly cold said now you won’t freeze to death gave me a little kiss and a pretend slap on the bottom and sent me off across the playground to the place I’d learn to forget to say it wis January and a gey dreich day the first day Ah went to the school so my Mum happed me up in ma good navy-blue napp coat wi the rid tartan hood birled a scarf aroon ma neck pu’ed oan ma pixie an ma pawkies it wis that bitter. Oh saying it was one thing but when it came to writing it in black and white the way it had to be said was as if you were posh, grown-up, male, English and dead.
it wis January
and a gey dreich day
the first day Ah went to the school…
—Liz Lochhead, “Kidspoem/Bairnsang”
published in A CHOOSING: The Selected Poems of Liz Lochhead (Polygon, 2017)
#poem #poetry #scots #language #MinorityLanguages
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Babylonia as 𒆳𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 Ur as 𒌷𒀕 Uruk as 𒋀𒀕𒆠
The map can label #toponyms in #MinorityLanguages #IndigenousLanguages #AncientLanguages, like no other world atlas you’ve ever flipped through.
𒆳𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 𒌷𒀕 𒋀𒀕𒆠
The map can label #toponyms in #MinorityLanguages #IndigenousLanguages #AncientLanguages, like no other world atlas you’ve ever flipped through.
#localization #internationalization #multilingualism #WritingHistory
📚 New book review by Yair Sapir: Heritage Languages in the Digital Age: The Case of Autochthonous Minority Languages in Western Europe.
Read here: doi.org/10.53779/YAS...
#JEMIE #MinorityLanguages #HeritageLanguages #OpenAccess #BookReview
New article alert! 📘
A comparative look at teaching & learning resources for minority language certifications in Catalan, Galician, Irish, Welsh, Upper & Lower Sorbian. Great insights into CEFR-aligned materials and gaps.
DOI: doi.org/10.53779/ANH...
#MinorityLanguages #JEMIE #LanguageTesting
#identity #opinion #minoritylanguages
‘We’re a bit jealous of Kneecap’: how Europe’s minority tongues are facing the digital future
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Cloenda del Projecte Glasgow amb l’alumnat de 1r i 4t de Primària: celebrant la riquesa lingüística de la nostra escola agora.xtec.cat/escola-elses... @uofglasgow.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social @uofgculture.bsky.social
#ChancellorsFund #Catalan #PedagogicalTranslanguaging #MinorityLanguages
Caru ei siwmper a’i geiriau fan hyn: “Having this language that is spoken by so very few, I feel that we carry a huge responsibility to actually preserve that. I do not personally think we are doing enough to do that,” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n... #ieithoeddlleiafrifol #minoritylanguages
New research on the revival of Ladino (Judaeo-Spanish):
Kent Fredholm explores how learners use and adapt teaching resources and what more is needed for this minority language to thrive.
📖 Access here: doi.org/10.53779/KEF...
#Ladino #LanguageRevitalisation #MinorityLanguages #JEMIE #OpenAccess
Next in JEMIE: Riitta-Liisa Valijärvi explores language ideologies in Meänkieli teaching resources.
Read here to check the fascinating methodology behind the paper: doi.org/10.53779/RIV...
#JEMIE #Meänkieli #OpenAccess #MinorityLanguages #TLRs
Beannachtaí daoibh go léir ar 'Lá na nDaoine Dúchasacha'!
#IndigenousPeoplesDay #LearningIrish #MinorityLanguages
The ECMI Online Talk on Teaching and Learning Resources for Minority Languages is now online!
From Minecraft and Northern Sámi to Tatar textbooks — explore how education supports minority languages.
Watch here www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo-C...
The Special Issue lnkd.in/ekUwkYQW
#MinorityLanguages
From Avairon’s fields, Camp Liure rises up through art.
With simple yet powerful drawings & animations, they remind us of life’s beauty—or how things could be better.
See more: @campliure.bsky.social
#RISEUP #ArtAndLanguage #CommunityArt #CulturalHeritage #ValdAran #Aranes #MinorityLanguages
JEMIE's next article by Willem A.C. Koen unpacks debates around Elfdalian recognition in Sweden. Discover the tensions around the term 'folkmål', which can be a key to bridging policy & local advocacy.
Read: doi.org/10.53779/WIK...
#Elfdalian #MinorityLanguages #folkmål #JEMIE #LanguageRecognition
And hoping to add #Basque on his upcoming trip to Bilbao 👀 #regionallanguages #minoritylanguages
Photo of Marta Guarda presenting at the conference.
Logo of the conference.
👩🏫 We are proud to participate in the 20th #ICML2025 conference on Minority Languages at the Universidad Externado de Colombia in Bogotà! Our Marta Guarda is talking about validating #heritagelanguages in the mainstream classroom from the lens of epistemic justice.
#minoritylanguages #LANGUAGE
Native Learners?
Jack Pulman-Slater asks if some Welsh learners have an edge because of dialect and intonation.
youtu.be/-RYA1Z6GIVA
Speak at #PolyglotConference Global or Taipei: PolyglotConference.com
#LanguageLearning #NativeLearners #Cymraeg #Welsh #MinorityLanguages
💌 We just sent out the fifth issue of our RISE UP Newsletter!
Read about the latest activities & updates of our project here: mailchi.mp/01bcac239889...
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#minoritylanguages #languages #minority
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Spain's proposal to make Catalan, Galician, and Basque official EU languages faces legal and precedent concerns, despite strong regional protections. Few minority languages achieve official status across Europe.
#LanguageRecognition #MinorityLanguages #EUOfficialLanguages