Well, isn't that a pretty sight! The Japanese edition of my Atlas of Endangered Alphabets is now out and about!
January 4, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Look at my baby! ☺️
I reedited Modole folk stories published 110 years ago
Old journals and archives are full of story collections in underdocumented languages, often difficult or impossible to access for both linguists and the speaker community. Using legacy material is valuable and sustainable 🙌🏻
I reedited Modole folk stories published 110 years ago
Old journals and archives are full of story collections in underdocumented languages, often difficult or impossible to access for both linguists and the speaker community. Using legacy material is valuable and sustainable 🙌🏻
January 13, 2026 at 5:00 PM
#langsky
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
Vanuatu mentioned! 🇻🇺 This thread has several linguistics articles about the world's most linguistically diverse country per capita.
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
Vanuatu mentioned! 🇻🇺 This thread has several linguistics articles about the world's most linguistically diverse country per capita.
Very excited to announce that our three Special Issues on Vanuatu languages are out in Te Reo. Thank you to all the authors, reviewers, my co-editors, our brilliant typesetter, and NZLingSoc. 43 authors, 5 introductions, 25 articles and a book review... nzlingsoc.org/journal/curr...
Current issue - Linguistic Society of New Zealand
Te Reo is the Journal of the Linguistic Society of New Zealand (ISSN 2703-4135). The words Te Reo are the Māori term for ‘the language’ or ‘language’. The Journal is published annually and has been ru...
nzlingsoc.org
January 13, 2026 at 6:01 PM
#langsky
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
Vanuatu mentioned! 🇻🇺 This thread has several linguistics articles about the world's most linguistically diverse country per capita.
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
Vanuatu mentioned! 🇻🇺 This thread has several linguistics articles about the world's most linguistically diverse country per capita.
"A Stream of Voices", our article series in partnership with the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, features firsthand stories of language revitalization around the world. Read stories from language champions in Canada, Cameroon, Guatemala, Pakistan, Ireland, and Brazil:
A Stream of Voices
folklife.si.edu
January 2, 2026 at 9:17 PM
We are excited to open applications for a UK-based Translator in Residence working with/in Endangered Languages.
Find full details, including fee and residency requirements, below.
Application deadline: 15 February, 2026
buff.ly/yibsATf
Find full details, including fee and residency requirements, below.
Application deadline: 15 February, 2026
buff.ly/yibsATf
January 16, 2026 at 2:21 AM
The programme for World Endangered Writing Day next Friday (23rd Jan). Explore and celebrate global writing diversity, and find out what is being done to support minority script communities, with this day of presentations and discussions. #wewd2026
Register here: tinyurl.com/wewd2026
Register here: tinyurl.com/wewd2026
January 16, 2026 at 5:26 PM
#langsky
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
Entre os próximos 20 e 23 de janeiro ocorrerá em São Gabriel da Cachoeira, no Amazonas, o Encontro para o Acordo Ortográfico da Língua Ye'pá Mahsã (Tukano), com a presença de professores, linguistas e representantes de comunidades indígenas.
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
Entre os próximos 20 e 23 de janeiro ocorrerá em São Gabriel da Cachoeira, no Amazonas, o Encontro para o Acordo Ortográfico da Língua Ye'pá Mahsã (Tukano), com a presença de professores, linguistas e representantes de comunidades indígenas.
December 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
#langsky
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
Entre os próximos 20 e 23 de janeiro ocorrerá em São Gabriel da Cachoeira, no Amazonas, o Encontro para o Acordo Ortográfico da Língua Ye'pá Mahsã (Tukano), com a presença de professores, linguistas e representantes de comunidades indígenas.
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
Entre os próximos 20 e 23 de janeiro ocorrerá em São Gabriel da Cachoeira, no Amazonas, o Encontro para o Acordo Ortográfico da Língua Ye'pá Mahsã (Tukano), com a presença de professores, linguistas e representantes de comunidades indígenas.
Língua materna de Dom Odilo Scherer, atual arcebispo de São Paulo. (Também era uma língua de herança do padre responsável pela sua ordenação cardeal, Cláudio Hummes.) ☺️
www.domradio.de/node/175552
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant [hrx]
www.domradio.de/node/175552
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant [hrx]
January 21, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Língua materna de Dom Odilo Scherer, atual arcebispo de São Paulo. (Também era uma língua de herança do padre responsável pela sua ordenação cardeal, Cláudio Hummes.) ☺️
www.domradio.de/node/175552
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant [hrx]
www.domradio.de/node/175552
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant [hrx]
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
Right on time for Mother Language Day. 💜
"When small children start speaking a highly endangered language that hadn't been spoken by children for decades, it's something very powerful," says Pasanen. "It immediately takes away all the pessimism about the language dying out."
Right on time for Mother Language Day. 💜
"When small children start speaking a highly endangered language that hadn't been spoken by children for decades, it's something very powerful," says Pasanen. "It immediately takes away all the pessimism about the language dying out."
A new article about how toddlers in Finland's 'language nests' are learning an endangered Sámi language years after the end of boarding schools in Finnish only
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
How toddlers in Finland's 'language nests' are saving an endangered Sámi language
Special nurseries are helping the Sámi people in Finland to bring their almost-lost language back from the brink of extinction.
www.bbc.com
February 20, 2026 at 1:02 PM
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
Right on time for Mother Language Day. 💜
"When small children start speaking a highly endangered language that hadn't been spoken by children for decades, it's something very powerful," says Pasanen. "It immediately takes away all the pessimism about the language dying out."
Right on time for Mother Language Day. 💜
"When small children start speaking a highly endangered language that hadn't been spoken by children for decades, it's something very powerful," says Pasanen. "It immediately takes away all the pessimism about the language dying out."
Ah, so you're the woman who wrote the book I bought on Kindle Store last October. Koran dankon pro via kontribuo! 🌻💌
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
December 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Ah, so you're the woman who wrote the book I bought on Kindle Store last October. Koran dankon pro via kontribuo! 🌻💌
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
#langsky
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
"[UNESCO] lists it as endangered, with just 35,000 speakers. About 2,500 of them live in Cortina, half the town’s population. Its mayor is half Ladin; his mother, from Genoa, didn’t want him to learn Ladin for fear it would interfere with his Italian." 💔
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
"[UNESCO] lists it as endangered, with just 35,000 speakers. About 2,500 of them live in Cortina, half the town’s population. Its mayor is half Ladin; his mother, from Genoa, didn’t want him to learn Ladin for fear it would interfere with his Italian." 💔
The Minister General of the Capuchin Order I worked for in Rome, Mauro Jöhri, is a native speaker of Ladin.
Italy's Ladin people feel sidelined at the Winter Olympics held in their mountain home
Members of Italy’s Ladin minority, which settled a millennium ago in the Dolomite mountain hamlet that's now an Olympic host city, are disappointed the Winter Games will not spotlight their culture.
apnews.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:48 PM
#langsky
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
"[UNESCO] lists it as endangered, with just 35,000 speakers. About 2,500 of them live in Cortina, half the town’s population. Its mayor is half Ladin; his mother, from Genoa, didn’t want him to learn Ladin for fear it would interfere with his Italian." 💔
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
"[UNESCO] lists it as endangered, with just 35,000 speakers. About 2,500 of them live in Cortina, half the town’s population. Its mayor is half Ladin; his mother, from Genoa, didn’t want him to learn Ladin for fear it would interfere with his Italian." 💔
Lembrete: as línguas indígenas precisam do seu apoio! Assine a sugestão legislativa ⬇️
A cooficialização abre caminho para mais projetos de preservação e revitalização do patrimônio linguístico brasileiro. 🌻
#langsky
#LanguageRevitalization
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
www12.senado.leg.br/ecidadania/v...
A cooficialização abre caminho para mais projetos de preservação e revitalização do patrimônio linguístico brasileiro. 🌻
#langsky
#LanguageRevitalization
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
www12.senado.leg.br/ecidadania/v...
Portal e-Cidadania - Senado Federal
www12.senado.leg.br
December 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Lembrete: as línguas indígenas precisam do seu apoio! Assine a sugestão legislativa ⬇️
A cooficialização abre caminho para mais projetos de preservação e revitalização do patrimônio linguístico brasileiro. 🌻
#langsky
#LanguageRevitalization
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
www12.senado.leg.br/ecidadania/v...
A cooficialização abre caminho para mais projetos de preservação e revitalização do patrimônio linguístico brasileiro. 🌻
#langsky
#LanguageRevitalization
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
www12.senado.leg.br/ecidadania/v...
#langsky
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
"…fins a la dècada de 1970, en el marc d’una política lingüística orientada a la promoció de la llengua estàndard, les altres varietats eren percebudes com a desviacions fonològiques que calia corregir o fins i tot eradicar."
www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/el-...
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
"…fins a la dècada de 1970, en el marc d’una política lingüística orientada a la promoció de la llengua estàndard, les altres varietats eren percebudes com a desviacions fonològiques que calia corregir o fins i tot eradicar."
www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/el-...
El Japó és un país monolingüe?
El Japó és un país sovint percebut com a monolingüe, però en realitat presenta una diversitat lingüística considerable. Aquesta realitat es va fer especialment visible durant la quarta edició del Cong...
www.vilaweb.cat
January 4, 2026 at 5:57 PM
#langsky
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
"…fins a la dècada de 1970, en el marc d’una política lingüística orientada a la promoció de la llengua estàndard, les altres varietats eren percebudes com a desviacions fonològiques que calia corregir o fins i tot eradicar."
www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/el-...
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
"…fins a la dècada de 1970, en el marc d’una política lingüística orientada a la promoció de la llengua estàndard, les altres varietats eren percebudes com a desviacions fonològiques que calia corregir o fins i tot eradicar."
www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/el-...
#langsky
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
🇦🇴 Na Rádio Nacional de Angola, um mapeamento do governo angolano sobre as línguas nativas do país:
"Sob execução do Ministério da Cultura, o mapeamento procura dar um estatuto as línguas que por essa altura não passa de línguas étnicas."
rna.ao/rna.ao/2025/...
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
🇦🇴 Na Rádio Nacional de Angola, um mapeamento do governo angolano sobre as línguas nativas do país:
"Sob execução do Ministério da Cultura, o mapeamento procura dar um estatuto as línguas que por essa altura não passa de línguas étnicas."
rna.ao/rna.ao/2025/...
rna.ao
January 2, 2026 at 10:53 PM
#langsky
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
🇦🇴 Na Rádio Nacional de Angola, um mapeamento do governo angolano sobre as línguas nativas do país:
"Sob execução do Ministério da Cultura, o mapeamento procura dar um estatuto as línguas que por essa altura não passa de línguas étnicas."
rna.ao/rna.ao/2025/...
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
🇦🇴 Na Rádio Nacional de Angola, um mapeamento do governo angolano sobre as línguas nativas do país:
"Sob execução do Ministério da Cultura, o mapeamento procura dar um estatuto as línguas que por essa altura não passa de línguas étnicas."
rna.ao/rna.ao/2025/...
"Even finding a Catholic priest who could preside over Gayoso's wedding ceremony in Guaraní proved difficult. Still, it was worth the extra effort. Some guests told her that it was the first local wedding they had attended that was conducted entirely in their mother tongue." 💜
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
Paraguay is fighting to preserve Guarani, one of the country’s two official languages (Spanish being the other).
www.independent.co.uk/news/paragua...
www.independent.co.uk/news/paragua...
Paraguay is fighting to preserve Guaraní, a language of roots and soul
Guaraní is one of Paraguay’s two official languages alongside Spanish
www.independent.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 8:47 PM
"Even finding a Catholic priest who could preside over Gayoso's wedding ceremony in Guaraní proved difficult. Still, it was worth the extra effort. Some guests told her that it was the first local wedding they had attended that was conducted entirely in their mother tongue." 💜
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
«Malillo Mpapa, a shop owner, started working with Shah and Brenzinger as a paid language consultant in 2019. She recalled how receptive ebaPhuthi people were to the project. “When we made recordings, they were so impressed and they were proud & willing to help,” said Mpapa…"
«Malillo Mpapa, a shop owner, started working with Shah and Brenzinger as a paid language consultant in 2019. She recalled how receptive ebaPhuthi people were to the project. “When we made recordings, they were so impressed and they were proud & willing to help,” said Mpapa…"
‘I thought it was going to perish’: the remarkable revival of an endangered language in Lesotho buff.ly/iJowiE9 #langsky #xl8
‘I thought it was going to perish’: the remarkable revival of an endangered language in Lesotho
Concentrated among 1,000 people in the remote Daliwe valley, siPhuthi has gained a dictionary, a Bible translation and official recognition thanks to intrepid linguists and activists
buff.ly
January 20, 2026 at 11:56 PM
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
«Malillo Mpapa, a shop owner, started working with Shah and Brenzinger as a paid language consultant in 2019. She recalled how receptive ebaPhuthi people were to the project. “When we made recordings, they were so impressed and they were proud & willing to help,” said Mpapa…"
«Malillo Mpapa, a shop owner, started working with Shah and Brenzinger as a paid language consultant in 2019. She recalled how receptive ebaPhuthi people were to the project. “When we made recordings, they were so impressed and they were proud & willing to help,” said Mpapa…"
Un saúdo ós amigos da Terra de Miranda que hoxe celebran o día do mirandés, a forma local do astur-leonés.
O día conmemora o recoñecemento oficial en 🇵🇹 hai 28 anos. O município de Miranda do Douro ten executado accións pra salvagardar a lingua pero hoxe apenas ten 1500 falantes
O día conmemora o recoñecemento oficial en 🇵🇹 hai 28 anos. O município de Miranda do Douro ten executado accións pra salvagardar a lingua pero hoxe apenas ten 1500 falantes
September 17, 2026 at 5:00 PM
#langsky
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
"Durante a transmissão ao vivo da Ação Saberes Indígenas na Escola (UFRGS), foi realizado oficialmente o pedido para a abertura da Wikikanhgág, nome escolhido pela própria comunidade Kaingang para a futura Wikipédia em sua língua" 💚
geomultling.ufsc.br/momento-hist...
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
"Durante a transmissão ao vivo da Ação Saberes Indígenas na Escola (UFRGS), foi realizado oficialmente o pedido para a abertura da Wikikanhgág, nome escolhido pela própria comunidade Kaingang para a futura Wikipédia em sua língua" 💚
geomultling.ufsc.br/momento-hist...
Momento histórico: a comunidade Kaingang solicita oficialmente a criação da Wikikanhgág – Geopolíticas do Multilinguismo
Um momento histórico para a língua Kaingang e para a presença das línguas indígenas brasileiras no espaço digital foi celebrado no dia 13 de agosto. Durante a transmissão ao vivo da Ação Saberes Indígenas na Escola, da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), foi realizado oficialmente o pedido para a abertura da Wikikanhgág, nome escolhido pela própria comunidade Kaingang para a futura Wikipédia em sua língua.
geomultling.ufsc.br
September 16, 2026 at 5:57 PM
#langsky
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
"Durante a transmissão ao vivo da Ação Saberes Indígenas na Escola (UFRGS), foi realizado oficialmente o pedido para a abertura da Wikikanhgág, nome escolhido pela própria comunidade Kaingang para a futura Wikipédia em sua língua" 💚
geomultling.ufsc.br/momento-hist...
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
"Durante a transmissão ao vivo da Ação Saberes Indígenas na Escola (UFRGS), foi realizado oficialmente o pedido para a abertura da Wikikanhgág, nome escolhido pela própria comunidade Kaingang para a futura Wikipédia em sua língua" 💚
geomultling.ufsc.br/momento-hist...
#langsky
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant [vec-br]
"Além da grafia e gramática, são apresentados os aspectos históricos, linguísticos e culturais anteriores à imigração italiana até os dias de hoje."
Para os descendentes de italianos e amantes de línguas brasileiras:
www.ufsm.br/cursos/pos-g...
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant [vec-br]
"Além da grafia e gramática, são apresentados os aspectos históricos, linguísticos e culturais anteriores à imigração italiana até os dias de hoje."
Para os descendentes de italianos e amantes de línguas brasileiras:
www.ufsm.br/cursos/pos-g...
UFSM lança livro didático inédito para o ensino da Língua Vêneta no Brasil
“História, Cultura e Língua Vêneta” está disponível gratuitamente em versão e-book Consolidando-se como referência no ensino da Língua Vêneta no Brasil, a UFSM, que em 2025 foi a primeira universida...
www.ufsm.br
August 28, 2026 at 10:37 PM
#langsky
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant [vec-br]
"Além da grafia e gramática, são apresentados os aspectos históricos, linguísticos e culturais anteriores à imigração italiana até os dias de hoje."
Para os descendentes de italianos e amantes de línguas brasileiras:
www.ufsm.br/cursos/pos-g...
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant [vec-br]
"Além da grafia e gramática, são apresentados os aspectos históricos, linguísticos e culturais anteriores à imigração italiana até os dias de hoje."
Para os descendentes de italianos e amantes de línguas brasileiras:
www.ufsm.br/cursos/pos-g...
Aliás, fica aqui também o endereço principal em si, onde se encontram as 5 categorias reconhecidas pelo Instituto: línguas afro-brasileiras, crioulas, de imigração, de sinais e indígenas. Dentro delas é possível ver as entradas individuais uma a uma.
#langsky
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
indl.iphan.gov.br
#langsky
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
indl.iphan.gov.br
INDL IPHAN
indl.iphan.gov.br
May 31, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Aliás, fica aqui também o endereço principal em si, onde se encontram as 5 categorias reconhecidas pelo Instituto: línguas afro-brasileiras, crioulas, de imigração, de sinais e indígenas. Dentro delas é possível ver as entradas individuais uma a uma.
#langsky
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
indl.iphan.gov.br
#langsky
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
indl.iphan.gov.br
We are looking forward to being part of the Indigenous Language Symposium, Tsitewatá:ti: Let Us Speak Again, at @mcgill.ca !
If you are near Montreal, the event is open to the public for registration: forms.office.com/r/k6awKSvL71
If you are near Montreal, the event is open to the public for registration: forms.office.com/r/k6awKSvL71
April 2, 2026 at 4:59 PM
"Os sete grandes vencedores serão anunciados no dia 29 de maio, numa cerimônia em Brasília."
Queira Deus que os Dicionários figurem entre os sete eleitos! 🤞🙏
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
Queira Deus que os Dicionários figurem entre os sete eleitos! 🤞🙏
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
March 11, 2026 at 9:06 PM
"Os sete grandes vencedores serão anunciados no dia 29 de maio, numa cerimônia em Brasília."
Queira Deus que os Dicionários figurem entre os sete eleitos! 🤞🙏
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
Queira Deus que os Dicionários figurem entre os sete eleitos! 🤞🙏
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
Typical problem of promoting a lingua franca as an official language: not everyone is pleased, particularly those who speak languages with less prestige assigned. A State that wishes to leave no one behind must not let its regional/minority languages go unassisted.
Typical problem of promoting a lingua franca as an official language: not everyone is pleased, particularly those who speak languages with less prestige assigned. A State that wishes to leave no one behind must not let its regional/minority languages go unassisted.
March 5, 2026 at 1:55 PM
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
Typical problem of promoting a lingua franca as an official language: not everyone is pleased, particularly those who speak languages with less prestige assigned. A State that wishes to leave no one behind must not let its regional/minority languages go unassisted.
Typical problem of promoting a lingua franca as an official language: not everyone is pleased, particularly those who speak languages with less prestige assigned. A State that wishes to leave no one behind must not let its regional/minority languages go unassisted.
Topic XV is also how the hashtag #UtLinguaeVitamHabeant came to light. It's a paraphrase of John 10:10, adding the word "linguae" (🐠: languages). Thus it means roughly "That languages may have life" — "and have it abundantly" being the implicit part.
bsky.app/profile/viol...
bsky.app/profile/viol...
![John 10:10 NRSV
[10] The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.
https://bible.com/bible/2016/jhn.10.10.NRSV](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2zetzk33ygmtmyvdihpk6whv/bafkreid4ph2oqxvxabiprkpoyixvm64cbggpifpofpes7jkgrqvzvc5c7y)
February 21, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Topic XV is also how the hashtag #UtLinguaeVitamHabeant came to light. It's a paraphrase of John 10:10, adding the word "linguae" (🐠: languages). Thus it means roughly "That languages may have life" — "and have it abundantly" being the implicit part.
bsky.app/profile/viol...
bsky.app/profile/viol...
#langsky
Kusas maraviliozu ta kuntisi na Bissau. Un nobu lingua jestual sta na nansi! 🇬🇼
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
Kusas maraviliozu ta kuntisi na Bissau. Un nobu lingua jestual sta na nansi! 🇬🇼
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
It was a great pleasure and a honor to act as the co-supervisor for Mariana Martins’ dissertation about the emergence of a new Sign Language in Guinea Bissau, for which she received the doctorate yesterday. The book is available open-access.🧵
www.lotpublications.nl/creating-a-s...
www.lotpublications.nl/creating-a-s...
Creating a sign language out of everything and everywhere
Mariana Martins: Creating a sign language out of everything and everywhere - An example from the deaf people of Bissau
www.lotpublications.nl
February 20, 2026 at 3:40 PM
#langsky
Kusas maraviliozu ta kuntisi na Bissau. Un nobu lingua jestual sta na nansi! 🇬🇼
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant
Kusas maraviliozu ta kuntisi na Bissau. Un nobu lingua jestual sta na nansi! 🇬🇼
#UtLinguaeVitamHabeant