Language of the Week… Spotlight on Minority Languages – Inari Sami 14 Apr 201716 Apr 2017 Top photo credit: kallerna Inari Sami belongs to the Eastern group of Sami languages. Other living Eastern Sami languages include Ter Sámi, Skolt Sami and Kildin Sami. Eastern Sami languages…
Minority Languages… New Pite Sami Vocabulary Lists 12 Apr 201712 Apr 2017 The theme for this latest group of vocabulary lists is nature. To download these lists, visit the Pite Sami resource page.
Language of the Week… Spotlight on Minority Languages – Low German/Low Saxon 9 Apr 20179 Apr 2017 NOTE: Special thanks goes to Jhan Nîillh and Martin ter Denge along with other members of the Regional, Minority and Indigenous Languages group on Facebook for their contributions to this…
Language of the Week… Spotlight on Minority Languages – Palauan 2 Apr 20179 Apr 2017 Palauan is an official language, along with English, spoken in the Republic of Palau. It is also spoken by a small minority in Guam and Northern Mariana Islands. There are…
Minority Languages… New Elfdalian Vocabulary Lists 28 Mar 2017 The theme for the latest group of vocabulary lists is stores and businesses. As usual, I have made lists for speakers of English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic and Faroese. To…
Language of the Week… Spotlight on Minority Languages – Basque 26 Mar 201726 Mar 2017 Basque is a minority language spoken in parts of Spain and France. Most Basque speakers, 93 percent, reside on the Spanish side of the border. According to Ethnologue, the total…
Language of the Week… Spotlight on Minority Languages – Maori 19 Mar 201719 Mar 2017 Maori is a language spoken by the Maori people - the indigenous people of New Zealand. It is an official language in New Zealsnd. The name of the language can…
Minority Languages… New Pite Sami Vocabulary Lists Available 12 Mar 201712 Mar 2017 The them for this group of lists is 'house and home'. As usual, the lists are available for speakers of Danish, English, Norwegian and Swedish. Click here to access them.
Language of the Week… Spotlight on Minority Languages – Skolt Sami 12 Mar 201713 Mar 2017 Top picture: Sami clothing in the Arktikum museum, in Rovaniemi, Finland. Credit: Zouavman Le Zouave Skolt Sami is an endangered language spoken in Finland and Russia. In the past it…
Language of the Week… Spotlight on Minority Languages – the Sorbian languages 5 Mar 20175 Mar 2017 Featured photo: View of the city of Cottbus at sunset by Teodor Bordeianu The Sorbian languages are a pair of minority languages, Upper Sorbian and Lower Sorbian, which are spoken…