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The Shoshone Video Game Should Inspire Revivalists

Robert-Scott Ynkawen October 30, 2021 0Comments

Although not for sale, it was designed by students at the University of Utah as part of the Shoshone/Goshute Language Apprenticeship Program. They managed to combine the Shoshone language with…

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Maori Merchant Of Venice | Featuring First Films

Robert-Scott Ynkawen October 25, 2021 0Comments

Maori Title Translation: Te Tangata Whai Rawa o Weniti This is a special addition to the Maori culture, since it is the first feature-length film that is spoken and narrated…

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Harrison And The Restoration Of The Chulym-Speaking Community

Robert-Scott Ynkawen October 22, 2021 0Comments

Throughout the persecution of the Soviet Union, the Chulym people of Siberia had been dissuaded from speaking their native language and had to speak Russian. This was noticed by American…

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Can The Reconstructed Tasmanian Language Help The Community?

Robert-Scott Ynkawen October 21, 2021 0Comments

The island of Tasman was site of one of the greatest conflicts between the British colonialists and the Australian Aborigines. In the case of the Tasmanian Island, the Black War…

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The Underestimated Importance Of Missionaries In Language Restoration

Robert-Scott Ynkawen October 19, 2021 0Comments

An easily overlooked part of language revitalization has to do with the translation of religious texts used in order to bring indigenous people to Christianity. You do not need to…

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The Welsh/Cornish Word “Awen”

Robert-Scott Ynkawen October 17, 2021 0Comments

In Cornish, it means "imagination," "inspiration," and "muse," while in Welsh it means "poetic gift," and "muse." I came across this word in the Cornish Dictionary created by the Cornish…

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How Mezzofanti Learned 30 Languages

Robert-Scott Ynkawen October 3, 2021 0Comments

Giuseppe Mezzofanti was an Italian cardinal who was said to have developed proficiency in more than 30 languages. Whether it involved giving confessionals or writing letter correspondences, this vast mental…

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Eliezer Ben-Yehuda | Name Changes

Robert-Scott Ynkawen August 30, 2020 0Comments

What better inclusion into the QB Name Change series than a language revivalist? Eliezer Lieb Perlman He was born to a Rabbi in a village called Luzki in what is…

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Abram Gannibal | Name Changes

Robert-Scott Ynkawen June 19, 2020 0Comments

A look into an African prince who would become Russian royalty.

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The Evolution Of Hebrew Language Revitalization

Robert-Scott Ynkawen July 1, 2019 0Comments

Its modern-day usage is a language revitalization miracle.

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The Shoshone Video Game Should Inspire Revivalists

Maori Merchant Of Venice | Featuring First Films

Harrison And The Restoration Of The Chulym-Speaking Community

Can The Reconstructed Tasmanian Language Help The Community?

The Underestimated Importance Of Missionaries In Language Restoration

The Welsh/Cornish Word “Awen”

How Mezzofanti Learned 30 Languages

Eliezer Ben-Yehuda | Name Changes

Abram Gannibal | Name Changes

The Evolution Of Hebrew Language Revitalization

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