In collaboration with Linguapax a new translation of Saint Exupéry The Little Prince has been published into Soninke, a language spoken in Mali. ISBN: 978-3-943052-80-0 Date of publication: February 2015 Editor: Tintenfass Place of publication : Neckarsteinach Translator: Mahamadou Kanté 96 pages Linguapax also contributed to the translation of The Little Prince into Cornish, a celtic language spoken in Cornwall (United Kingdom) as well as in Yucatec Maya, an indigenous language of…
Linguapax met a delegation of Pedagogy students from the Aruban Pedagogical Institute (IPA) on the occasion of their study visit to Barcelona to learn about the Catalan model of mother-language-based education and examine the prospects for implanting it in their island. Those future teachers are determined to contribute to reform their education system by introducing Papiamento, the mother tongue of over 66% of Aruba’s inhabitants, as the main language of…
“Revisiting, reanalyzing and redefining legal aspects on linguistic diversity: policy, media and education” is the title of the 3rd Mercator netwokr conference that will take place in Barcelona on 8th and 9th April 2015. Those workshops are a series of scientific events organized by the LearnMe-Mercator Network with the aim of bringing together researchers, practicioners and policy makers in the field of minority and minoritised languages. So far, two workshops…
September 3 – 5, 2015 | University of Calgary Last call for papers. We invite papers and colloquia that approach language policy from a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives, and in a variety of contexts, from the local/institutional to national/global. We invite submissions in any of the following areas… website
2015 marks the 15th anniversary of International Mother Language Day – this is also a turning point year for the international community, as the deadline for the Millennium Development Goals, when countries will define a new global sustainable development agenda. The focus for the post-2015 agenda must fall on the priority of advancing quality education for all – widening access, ensuring equality and inclusiveness, and promoting education for global citizenship…
Editors: Mark Anderson, Patrick Heinrich Long denigrated as dialects of Japanese, the Ryukyuan languages are today recognized as languages in their own right. However, speakers of Ryukyuan languages have suffered from stigmatization, oppressive language policies and domination from outside the Ryukyu Archipelago. As a result, the Ryukyuan languages are now severely endangered. This volume depicts, roughly in chronological order, aspects which have led to the language crisis in the Ryukyus…
Pour et contre des modèles de pluriculturalisme et plurilinguisme officiels / For and Against Models of Official Multiculturalism and Multilingualism Université McGill, les 5, 6, 7 mai 2016 Appel à communications / Call for Papers (deadline: 1 May 2015) Conférenciers invités / Invited Speakers François Gin, Université de Genève, Suisse Reine Meylaerts, K. U. Leuven, Belgique Vanamala Viswanatha, Azim Premji University, Inde Le colloque international et interdisciplinaire « Pour et contre…
Linguapax announces the winner of the 2015 Linguapax International Award as part of the ceremony organized by UNESCO to mark the 15th International Mother Language Day. The jury assesses the merits of Xavier Albó, one of the longest-serving experts in linguistics and anthropology, who has been actively working with indigenous communities in Bolivia. Since 1999, February 21 is celebrated worldwide as the International Mother Language Day, with the aim of…
The theme of the 10th ISB is “uncovering multilingualism“. New Brunswick, New Jersey is home to a large number of multilingual speakers who speak a variety of native languages of the Americas in addition to Spanish and English. Walking down the streets of the immigrant neighborhoods in the city, one can catch a glimpse of languages from Mexico and Central America that are only used among close networks of speakers.…
The theme for the 15th International Mother Language Day, commemorated by UNESCO every February 21st to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism, is “Inclusion in and through education: language counts“, focussing on one of the main challenges that cut accross many of the goals of the UN Education for All project. A roundtable will be held a UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on February 20th from 10.00 am to…