Language of the Week… Spotlight on Minority Languages- Southern Sami 19 Feb 201719 Feb 2017 Southern Sami, like all other Sami languages is a Uralic language. Southern Sami is part of the Western group of Sami languages. Other Sami languages in the Western group are…
Language of the Week… Hadza 12 Feb 201713 Feb 2017 Hadza is a language spoken in Northern Tanzania, in the region surrounding Lake Eyasi. It is spoken by all who belong to the Hadza (Hadzabe), a nomadic tribe which forages…
Language of the Week… Spotlight on minority languages – Cornish 5 Feb 20176 Feb 2017 Cornish is a Celtic language within the Indo-European language family. Other Celtic languages are Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Manx (or Manx Gaelic), Welsh and Breton. More specifically, Cornish is part of…
Language of the Week… Spotlight on minority languages – Scottish Gaelic 29 Jan 20176 Feb 2017 Scottish Gaelic is a Goidelic language within the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family. Other Goidelic languages include Irish Gaelic and Manx (also known as Manx Gaelic. The language…
Language of the Week… Spotlight on minority languages – Ume Sami 22 Jan 20176 Feb 2017 There are only about 20 native speakers left of Ume Sami. According to UNESCO, the current number may be less than 10. Currently, there are approximately 1,000 ethnic Ume Sami,…
Language of the Week… Spotlight on minority languages – Ket 16 Jan 20176 Feb 2017 Ket is one of the languages spoken in the Siberian region of Russia. Ket is the only surviving Yeniseian language. The only other Yeniseian language that survived into the 20th…
Language of the Week… Spotlight on minority languages – Ossetian 9 Jan 20176 Feb 2017 Ossetian is part of the Indo-Iranian branch of Indo-European languages. More specifically, it belongs to the Eastern division of the Iranian sub-branch. Other Eastern Iranian languages include Pashto and Yaghnobi.…
Language of the Week… Spotlight on minority languages- Elfdalian 1 Jan 201713 Jan 2025 Top photo: Main thoroughfare of Älvdalen municipality called Dalgatan, credit: Björn Rehnström Elfdalian is a minority language spoken in Sweden. There are approximately 2,500 speakers of Elfdalian. Like most other…
Language of the Week… Spotlight on minority languages – Romani 25 Dec 20166 Feb 2017 'Romani' is referred to both as a language and as a group of languages. It is listed as a macrolanguage under ISO coding. Within this macrolanguage, are listings for all…
Language of the Week… Spotlight on minority languages – Pite Sami (Pite Saami) 19 Dec 20166 Feb 2017 Top photo credit: Olve Utne, March 2010 Pite Sami is also known as Arjeplog Sami. The alternative name 'Arjeplog Sami' originates from the area where the few remaining speakers are…
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