The Shoshone Video Game Should Inspire Revivalists
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…
Contemplation. Communication. Application.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
A look into an African prince who would become Russian royalty.
Its modern-day usage is a language revitalization miracle.