Minority Languages… New Pite Sami lists – Feelings and mood 30 Jan 20176 Feb 2017 New lists are up this weekend. I spent a lot of time choosing the perfect picture to represent each word as accurately as possible. I must admit that I'm a…
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…
Minority Languages… New – Elfdalian vocabulary lists 25 Jan 20176 Feb 2017 For those who read my post on Elfdalian at the beginning of this month, I would like to add that I have finished translating into English supplementary materials for Introduktion…
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,…
Minority Languages… New Pite Sami lists added – Weather 22 Jan 20176 Feb 2017 This weekend, you can begin learning some weather related Pite Sami words. As always, the word lists can be easily downloaded and printed for learning anywhere, anytime. Have an idea…
Minority Languages… New Pite Sami vocabulary lists – food and drink 17 Jan 20176 Feb 2017 New lists have been uploaded to the Pite Sami page. Like last week's lists, and all future Pite Sami vocabulary lists, they are available to download in colorful, attractive PDFs.…
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…
Minority Languages… Pite Sami vocabulary lists 10 Jan 20176 Feb 2017 I have uploaded the first of many lists of Pite Sami words with pictures and translations into English, Norwegian (norsk), Danish (dansk) and Swedish (svenska). Check out the Pite Sami…
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…
Polyglot in Progress 