Languages in the news 2012

31 October Mother tongue being cut out by Graeme Hosken Times Live

31 October Library as a Starting Point to Revitalize Tz'utujil Language by Eddie Avila Rising Voices

31 October Search for Indigenous place name meanings SBS

31 October I-taukei language should be a precondition for entry into civil service - SDL Fiji Village

31 October Endangered Aboriginal languages by Sam Sky Wild Taipei Times

30 October Festival aims to promote indigenous languages by Drew Fossum The Star Phoenix

30 October Edu. Grant will help put more Native American teachers in WI colleges Northlands News Center

29 October Aboriginal students celebrate indigenous languages by Bre McAdam News Talk 650

29 October Online Maltese needs help to survive, say lecturers by Patrick Cooke Times of Malta

28 October Hika Lite app to help other indigenous languages Te Karere Maori News

27 October K-pop to A-pop - aboriginal singers could learn from Psy by Colleen Simard Winnepeg Free Press

26 October Nyungar place names to have meanings deciphered NIRS

26 October Once-vibrant Native languages now struggling in Canada Alaska Dispatch

26 October Ojibwe Educator Leslie Harper to Present Convocation on the Preservation of Native Culture Carleton News

26 Octoner Kenney taking heat over Gaelic language comments CBC News

26 October Aboriginal languages still common up north First Perspective

25 October First Nations tongues at risk of extinction by Colin Perkel Vancouver Sun

25 October Movement aims to keep aboriginal languages alive by Jamie Komarnicki Calgary Herald

25 October Mills says Indigenous language teaching is vital by Jano Gibson ABC News

24 October Once-vibrant aboriginal languages struggle for survival CBC News

24 October Native communities fight to keep their language alive by Andrew Francis Wallace Toronto Star

24 October Schools help keep Indigenous languages alive: Stats Can data APTN

24 October Aboriginal languages in deep trouble, but some rescue efforts paying off by Colin Perkel Globe and Mail

24 October Census: Aboriginals struggle to maintain indigenous languages by Christopher Curtis The Province

24 October Aboriginal languages finding new life with technology by Arik Ligeti Global News

24 October Census release to show increasing diversity of languages spoken by Canadians Global Edmonton

24 October Census: Quebec remains top province for aboriginal language speakers by Christopher Curtis Montreal Gazette

24 October Anderson calls for schools to be made equal by Rick Hind ABC News

24 October Coffs students try their hands at performing Daily Examiner

24 October Green Bay School Preserves Oneida Language by Kristyn Allen WBAY

23 October Namibia: English Not a Threat to Indigenous Languages All Africa

22 October 'Encyclopaedia on indigenous agri science' Deccan Herald

21 October MEELAL sets eye on language issue as well E-PAO

21 October Mother Language Lovers Of The World Unite For Successful And Enlightening Seminar by Balwant Sanghera The Link

21 October Parnell appoints five to Alaska Native Language Council Alaska Dispatch

20 October South Dakota day care teaching infants Lakota among projects focused on revitalising language Washington Post

20 October Indigenous people help translators make bible available by Charlie Butts One News Now

19 October Support for Aboriginal women a phone call away CBC News

19 October Governor Parnell Appoints Alaska Native Language Council Alaska Native News

19 October Census will inject a dose of linguistic reality into the Canadian identity by Misty Harris Ottawa Citizen

19 October A dynamic year of indigenous communication by Manuela Picq Al Jazeera

18 October Protect indigenous rights by Nanise Loanakadavu Fiji Times Online

18 October Teachers to help keep Indigenous language alive ABC Indigenous

17 October Language Preservation Efforts Spark Interest in Ojibwe by Kathryn McConnell IIP Digital

16 October Anishinabe Academy in Minneapolis: Can culturally-specific education affect massive attendance, achievement gaps? by Sheila Regan TC Daily Planet

16 October DepEd indigenous culture revival in upswing by Benjie S. De Yro PIA

16 October Facebook in Your Indigenous or Endangered Language by Kevin Scannell Rising Voices

15 October Op-Ed: Can a doll save the world's endangered languages? by Alexander Baron Digital Journal

15 October Nicaragua translates Constitution into indigenous languages by Tim Rogers Nicaragua Dispatch

15 October Tasmanian Aboriginal people had many dialects by Joanna Egan Australian Geographic

14 October Is Arabic turning into an endangered language in Dubai? Parents fight back Albawaba

13 October Bishnupriya Manipuri focussed at world meet Assam Tribune

13 October Lakota: The Revitalization of Language and the Persistence of Spirit Indian Country Today Media Network

12 October Gaelic body says onus on community to see language prosper as Mod launches by Mike Merritt Scotsman

12 October Indigenous languages fade away with every new generation Mmegi Online

12 October MISS Woman of the Week: Kelsey Wallace of Bethel by Jacqui Lambert Arctic Sounder

12 October Brazilian government uses indigenous language for the first time in anti-AIDS campaign Washington Post

12 October Creating safe haven for indigenous languages by Mohammed Abubakar The Guardian Nigeria

12 October Youths raise indigenous rights profile by Joseph Bingkasan FMT News

12 October Public school board in Peterborough considers after-school Native language class by Sarah Frank My Kawartha

11 October Changing voice of British identity by Catherine Addington Washington Square News

11 October '96% languages in India endangered'  Times of India

11 October Hangeul Scheme for Indonesian Tribe Folds The Chosunilbo

10 October Pacific communities in NZ keen to set up school to revive languages Radio New Zealand

10 October Endangered languages are struggling to survive in the modern world The Translation People

9 October California Indian Day by April Testerman The Telescope

9 October Professor works to preserve endangered languages by Ashley Grant University of North Texas

9 October Being Young in Rural Alaska: Learning Indigenous Language by Anne Hillman Alaska Public

8 October Lakota: The Revitalization of Language and the Persistence of Spirit by Jason Coppola Truthout

8 October Boost for indigenous languages by Msindisi Fengu Sowetan Live

7 October Nigeria: Participants Count Gains of Language Programme by Adie Vanessa Offiong All Africa

7 October Scottish man Bobby Hogg passes away, takes Cromarty English dialect with him by Jordana Divon Yahoo News

7 October Boost to indigenous language interpreting The Australian

5 October Languages: The endangered-speeches list by Samuel Muston The Independent

5 October Niuean Language Week - 6-13 October 2012 Voxy

4 October Professor works to preserve languages before extinction Alestle Live

4 October Gumbaynggirr language study Coffs Coast Advocate

4 October FG Expresses Concern Over Fading Nigerian Languages by Kuni Tyessi Leadership

3 October Final word from Cromarty: Scottish Black Isle dialect silenced forever as last native speaker dies aged 92 by Jane Borland Daily Mail

3 October Saving Aboriginal languages by Thom Barker Yorkton This Week

3 October University of Utah Shifts Focus to Tribal Languages, Some Fear World Indigenous Languages Will Be Left Behind Indian Country Today Media Network

3 October Nigeria: Minister Advocates Promotion of Indigenous Languages by Ndidi Uche All Africa

3 October Slip of the tongues: language and the unintended consequences of Indigenous policy by Nicholas Biddle The Conversation

3 October Thornbury school to trial Aboriginal language program by Michael Gleeson Northcote Leader

3 October The Ministry of Communications developed a phone with applications in Kichwa Ecuador Times

3 October DeGraff awarded $1 million NSF grant to continue linguistics research in Haiti by Peter Dizikes MIT News

2 October SA teacher revives Kaurna language SBS

1 October Govt harmonises orthographies of four local languages The Guardian Nigeria

1 October Indigenous Languages of Mexico: Rescued, Alive, and Facing Challenges in Cyberspace Native Voice

1 October Study unravels Tasmania's historic languages by Darren Osborne ABC Science

1 October Aboriginal language returns from the dead by Nicola Gage ABC News

1 October Mexico to Join Global Effort to Promote Linguistic Diversity Latin American Herald Tribune

31 August Qom As You Are: Saving Indigenous Languages in Argentina by Brit Weaver Argentina Independent

31 August Arizona Adopts Native American Language Teacher Certification Policy Indian Country Today Media Network

31 August Posters speak out about power safety ABC Indigenous

30 August Keeping Noongar language alive Indigenous.gov.au

29 August Knowledge of Indigenous Language Is An Advantage To Writers by Nwagbo Nnenyelike NICO

29 August Guam to Increase Education in Indigenous Language and Culture Open Equal Free

29 August Udall visits Medcalero Apache Schools to talk language preservation by Harold Oakes Alamogordo Daily News

29 August Guatemala: Indigenous unite in Congress by Raúl Barreno Castillo Infosurhoy

29 August That indigenous languages may survive Nigerian Compass

29 August Aiming high as Southern Stars concert set to explode by Danika Wilkinson & Justin Huntsdale ABC Illawarra

29 August Sounds of then: This is Australia ABC News

28 August Language revival expert calls for 'native tongue title' Voxy

28 August Igbo language to die by 2025 The Sun

28 August Languages: A Video Library for Successor Pipil Generation Rising Voices

27 August SIUE professors granted five-year study of endangered languages and geography in Nepal by Natalie Lapacek This Week in CAS

27 August NOTES ON QUOTES: Losing Languages And Saving Mother Tongues by Gordon and Marcia Mercer Raleigh Telegram

26 August Frenchman helps keep Alaska Native Eyak alive by Diane Jeantet Alaska Dispatch

25 August That Legislation On Compulsory Teaching Of Indigenous Languages In Schools by Lucky Oyibo The Pointer

24 August Revitalizing the Local Language by Jesse Garnier SF Bay

24 August Marois statement angers aboriginals by Christopher Curtis First Perspective

23 August Harper Government Supports Revitalization of the Michif Language Canadian Heritage

23 August Alaska Native Languages & Studies degree comes to UAS by Xh'unei Lance A. Twitchell Juneau Empire

22 August Tribe awarded grant for language preservation Neshoba Democrat

22 August Endangered Languages Program Expands Media Projects and Websites Cultural Survival

22 August Global Notes: Indigenous sounds get a new beat WBEZ

22 August Elfrida woman works to preserve endangered languages by Adele Marie Crouch Willcox Range News

21 August What's 'telephone' in Yaygirr? One indigenous language revived, evolving The Wire

21 August Danuwar language endangered Himalayan Times

20 August Taiwan Struggles to Save Indigenous Languages by Ralph Jennings Voice of America

20 August Show attuned to remote need for news by Sarah Martin The Australian

20 August Half of World's Languages Face Extinction by Ted Landphair Voice of America

19 August Film documents youths' efforts to preserve language by Adrian Gomez

18 August How an Old Medium like Radio can save Endangered Languages by Kirsten Winkler Fair Languages

18 August Hip-hop Kichwa: Sounds of indigenous modernity by Manuela Picq Al Jazeera

17 August Cabbie on a mission to promote native languages by Hung Ting-hung and Jake Chung Taipei Times

17 August Lost Languages Find a New Voice in Radio The Take Away

16 August Stakeholders advise govt to promote local languages by Mary Ogar The Guardian Nigeria

15 August NICO begins weekend programme on indigenous languages by Tony Okuyeme Nigerian Compass

15 August Crow Tribe gets language immersion grant by Susan Olp Billings Gazette

15 August Radio Free Cherokee: Endangered Languages Take to the Airwaves by Alexis Hauk The Atlantic

15 August Endangered Languages Want the Airwaves by Alison Kroulek Le Blog

14 August Documentary Follows Native Students Learning and Preserving Tewa Language by Vincent Schilling Indian Country Today Media Network

14 August A language to love by Li Yingqing and Liu Wenwen China Daily

13 August Many Californians Working to Revitalize Native Languages Indian Country Today Media Network

13 August Google, Mozilla and Wikimedia projects get Maya language translations at one-day 'transathlon' by Alexis Santos Engadget

13 August Indigenous Languages are Urgent Tools for the Growth of the Nation - Ayakoroma Ilorin.Info

12 August Awards honour original music in native tongues by Ho Yi Taipei Times

11 August Shawnee High School to offer new course on endangered Sauk language by Carmen Bourlon News-Star

10 August Revitalising small Finno-Ugric languages SKR

10 August Mozilla Firefox Translated to Maya language Yucatan Times

10 August New literacy systems shine by Kate McIlwain Illawarra Mercury

9 August NEH and NSF Award $4.5 Million to Preserve Languages Threatened With Extinction National Endowment for the Humanities

9 August Keeping traditional language alive in Mildura by Damien Hooper and Deb Banks ABC Mildura-Swan Hill

9 August Far west helps spread indigenous language by Margaret Paul ABC Indigenous

9 August Kakchiquel Speakers "Like" New Facebook Application by Tracy Lopez Fox News Latino

9 August Indigenous Media, Empowering Indigenous Voices Invest in NZ

9 August Aboriginal media is for all Canadians: UN panelist Brandon Sun

9 August Indigenous language activists appeal for support Bakhita Radio

8 August Media plays vital role in empowering indigenous rights - UN experts UNRIC

8 August Film on Native languages named official White Sands selection Native American Times

8 August Language of identity by Padre James Bhagwan Fiji Times Online

8 August Taiwan indigenous tribes launch language revival programs by June Tsai Taiwan Today

7 August Cook Islands language week highlights bilingual education Scoop

7 August UW Professor Preserves Endangered Ladino Language by Joe Veyera The Daily

6 August Indigenous peoples foundation launches Internet radio service by June Tsai Taiwan Today

5 August Facebook helps protect native tongue The Australian

4 August Local Guatemala language soon on Facebook Yahoo News

4 August Preserve indigenous languages - NICO by Jewel Stephen Daily Times NG

3 August Reopened centre to teach and save Indigenous languages by Steven Schubert ABC Rural

3 August Tribe Revives Language on Verge of Extinction by Kirk Johnson New York Times

3 August Taiwan indigenous tribes launch language revival program by June Tsai Taiwan Today

2 August Indigenous tap new app to save old languages by Renee Lewis Al Jazeera

2 August NICO holds indigenous language programme Aug 8 The Guardian Nigeria

2 August Language teachers slam system by Loa Iok-sin Taipei Times

2 August It's now or never, and never is right around the corner by Xh'unei Lance A. Twitchell Juneau Empire

2 August Traditional ruler places emphasis on Indigenous languages to avoid extinction News Agency of Nigeria

2 August How to preserve Africa's language by Kofoworola Belo-osagie The Nation

1 August New Maori Language Commissioners Radio New Zealand

1 August Lawmakers canvass protection for endangered minority languages by Bridget Chiedu The Guardian

1 August David Gill: In love with local languages by Setiono Sugiharto Jakarta Post

1 August Sakizaya tribe start project to save language Taipei Times

30 June Data Visualization Empowers Endangered Languages Project by Kathryn Buford Silicon Angle

30 June Lakota speakers looking to start immersion daycare by Kristi Eaton Native American Times

29 June UA Researcher Part of Global Language Preservation Initiative by Monica Everett-Haynes UA News

29 June Indigenous Insight - Language Oiwi TV

29 June Mobile app gives new impetus to Indigenous languages by Cendrine Marrouat Examiner

28 June LU honours 'keeper of the language' Northern Life

27 June French, New Orleans musicians revive colonial language France 24

26 June Maori Television to screen far more te reo Radio New Zealand

26 June Gaelic, English and dialects pledge from Highland Council by Steven McKenzie BBC

25 June Commission helps language preservation plan by Jeremy Warren The StarPhoenix

25 June 'English Goes in One Ear and Out Another': An Endangered Language Perspective by Brian Clark Howard National Geographic

25 June Deliverable secrets Indian Express

24 June Google Project Aims to Preserve Dying Languages by Richard Solash The Cutting Edge

24 June Instituto Cervantes celebrates Chabacano Language through variety of events GMA News

22 June Google Joins Fight to Save Nearly 3,000 Endangered Languages by Keith Wagstaff Time

22 June Island takes centre stage in battle to save languages by Jack Knox Times Colonist

22 June UAF teams with Google on new endangered languages website Alaska Dispatch

21 June Meet the 12-Year-Old Girl Who Risked Prison to Revive Her People's Language by Jenna Krajeski The Atlantic

21 June App allows First Nations speakers to chat in their native tongue by James Keller The Spec

21 June Facing History and Ourselves Creates New Educational Resource on Canadian Aboriginal Languages Facing History

21 June Bible translators race to preserve cultures, histories Mission Network News

21 June Google cataloging endangered languages by Omar El Akkad Globe and Mail

21 June Google sets out to save dying languages Economic Times

21 June Google language project by Pol O Muiri Irish Times

20 June N.W.T. community to offer kindergarten in Tlicho language CBC News

20 June First Voices: bringing aboriginal language to the dinner table CBC

20 June Google partners with UH Manoa linguists on endangered languages project University of Hawaii

20 June iPhone app allows First Nations speakers to chat in their native tongue by James Keller The Province

19 June First Nations youth bring vitality to languages: Regional Health Survey CNW

19 June Traditionalists lambast undermining of Xhosa language by Sithandiwe Velaphi The New Age

19 June Dunging Alphabet helps Iban stand tall by Churchill Edward Borneo Post

18 June FirstVoices Chat app for First Nations languages hits the iPhone by Stephen Hui Straight.com

18 June Internet Society funds Niue language lifeline Pacific.Scoop

18 June Parkes Wiradjuri group to feature in ABC documentary Parkes Champion Post

17 June Community involvement makes a difference in Victoria and around the world Times Colonist

17 June Te reo leads the way by Charles Anderson Stuff.co.nz

16 June With Casino Revenues, Tribes Push to Preserve Languages, and Cultures by Norimitsu Onishi New York Times

16 June 'Long' Countries Protect Languages Better: Study by Neal Colgrass Newser

15 June Breathing new life into Indigenous language by Damien Brown ABC Hobart

15 June Vanishing Languages by Russ Rymer National Geographic

15 June Aleut elder Nicolai Galaktionoff helped keep Unangan language, culture vital by Jillian Rogers Alaska Dispatch

14 June Is Cantonese an endangered language? by Michelle da Silva Straight.com

14 June Endangered Aramaic Language Taught in Two Villages, Two Sides of a War Open Equal Free

14 June The ears of the nation turn to Tasmania to save a language by Damien Brown ABC Hobart

13 June Prison inmates join project to transcribe historical Hawaiian-language newspapers by Oskar Garcia The Republic

12 June AIATSIS funds restoring of Gumbaynggirr stories Muurrbay

12 June Teens sign up to learn dying language by Katie Derosa Times Colonist

12 June California Language Archive gives great insight into America's Indigenous languages by Dave Bower ALTA

11 June How geography shapes cultural diversity by Zoe Corbyn Nature

11 June Words to live by by Nick Kuhl Lethbridge Herald

11 June Karri-borlbme kun-wok - Learning language by Greg Dickson Fully (sic)

10 June Linguistics graduate student strives to preserve fading languages through her work at UCLA by Olivia Hitchcock Daily Bruin

10 June WA's first Aboriginal school principal ostracised by the Department of Education by Gerry Georgatos Indy Media

9 June Unesco plans to preserve Kelabit and Bidayuh under programme The Star

8 June Our Mother Tongue: Wiradjuri by Suzi Taylor ABC Open

7 June Native speakers and local missionaries work to save an indigenous Mexican language by Sara Rubin Monterey County Weekly

7 June Sky Hopinka Named Outstanding Student in Higher Education Indian Country Today Media Network

7 June Native language council seen as hope for indigenous culture by Pat Forgey Juneau Empire

6 June Indigenous LOTE program saves dying language by Alice Roberts ABC Capricornia

6 June Translation Tools Could Save Less Used Languages by Tom Simonite Technology Review

6 June Stop, revive and survive by Ghil'ad Zuckerman The Australian

6 June A lungful of air! by Sangeeta Barooak Pisharoty The Hindu

5 June Indigi-Briz interview about Indigenous language loss in Australia 4ZZZ

4 June How Math Can Help Save a Dying Language by Veronique Greenwood Discover

3 June Obscure language isolate will dies with this woman Hot Word

3 June Translation makes Bible available to Inuktitut speakers by Michael Posner The Globe and Mail

2 June $900m bill to save Aboriginal languages by Bianca Hall The Age

2 June Indigenous languages in threat of extinction by Bianca Hall Canberra Times

1 June Embrace your mother tongue: iLIVE by Odirile Dingoko Times Live

1 June Call for Indigenous languages boost by Michael Kenny SBS Podcasts

30 April N.W.T. elder's chief bid barred over language rule CBC

30 April Hopes for revival of an Aboriginal language by Margaret Paul ABC Indigenous

30 April Dump the dialect and face possible extinction New Straits Times

30 April A long fight begins to save Phillipine languages Rappler

30 April Language campaigners to represent nation in US by Peter de Graaf Northern Advocate

29 April India's tribal people fast becoming lost for words by Ben Doherty The Age

29 April Indigenous language daily celebrates its first decade by Maggie Wittstock INMA

29 April Region-9 Schools Adopt Indigenous Dialects by Tony Pe Manila Bulletin

29 April Multifaceted benefits of bilingualism by Alamgir Khan The Daily Star

28 April The language link between central Siberia, Alaska by Ned Rozell Anchorage Daily News

27 April Quechua: Words of Encouragement from the Haquira Mayor by Eddie Avila Rising Voices

27 April Yiman does not have a word for 'massacre' by Ingrid Piller Language on the Move

26 April Workshop focuses on Aboriginal languages UQ News

26 April Yuchi Language PRoject Attends Youth Language Fair Cultural Survival

25 April Our Voices on the Air: Reaching New Audiences through Indigenous Radio Cultural Survival

25 April ROTC uses Cherokee language as training tool by Tesina Jackson Cherokee Phoenix

23 April 'I realised the power of words and reading' State's first Aboriginal teacher on the importance of literacy by Emma Wynne ABC Perth

23 April What does cheese have to do with preserving languages? Radio Australia

23 April New Native Language App Starts Small, With Animal Names in Four Tongues by Leeanne Root Indian Country Today Media Network

23 April The language is the thing by Dionne Christian Stuff.co.nz

22 April Languages: The Digital Sounds of Bésiro (Chiquitano) by Eddie Avila Rising Voices

22 April Australian Indigenous languages at top of threatened list Radio New Zealand

20 April For Native people, progress toward equity is 'painfully slow' by Vickie Evans-Nash Twin Cities Daily Planet

19 April A Reluctant Babel by Maxim Edwards Souciant

18 April Australia: The Aboriginal People Al Jazeera

18 April UCB Studies Language of a Wrecked African Slave Ship Spoken by Very Few Berkeley Patch

18 April Indigenous American Language by Kevin Robinson Chicagoist

18 April Christians welcome the Bible in Burkina Faso Mission Network News

17 April NSW puts schools at the centre of communities by Emma Alberici Lateline

17 April Saving the native tongues of Australia by Rhodri Davies Al Jazeera

17 April Graduate students in linguistics leaving legacy for speakers of endangered language of Garifuna by Kathleen Maclay UC Berkeley News

16 April Indigenous language bill signed by Joe Hanel Durango Herald

16 April Washoe offers sacred name 'Tahnu Leweh' for Lakeview Commons in South Lake Tahoe by Jeff Munson Carson Now

15 April New wellness centre hosts first Pomo language workshop Lake County News

14 April Dalai Lama promotes Hawaiian culture during visit by Robert Shikina Star Advertiser

14 April Children teaching parents about Aboriginal culture: UBC study UBC

13 April Legislature approves council to preserve Native languages News Tribune

13 April First Complete Bible in Inuktitut Language to be Published in the Arctic Gospel Herald

13 April Rare language also under threat in Straits of Hormuz France 24

12 April Helping to maintain Mi'Kmaw culture by Clayton Hunt The Coaster

12 April Race to save PNG Sepik language Radio Australia News

12 April SHI publishes atlas of Native place names Juneau Empire

12 April Ojibwe iPad app brings language to world Wawatay News

11 April Indigenous languages at risk by Ros Childs ABC

11 April Twitter Gets Help from SLU Prof on How to Deal With Indigenous Tweeters by Nicholas Phillips Daily RFT

11 April France: Taking a Stand for Regional Languages Global Voices

10 April Australian linguicide - Des Crump ABC Brisbane

10 April Living Tongues: Endangered Language Technology Kits To The Rescue Rising Voices

10 April Ghana calls an end to tyrannical reign of the Queen's English by Afua Hirsch The Guardian

10 April Call to protect dying Indigenous languages by Nance Haxton ABC

9 April Sabha gives Bihu deadline for signboards in state language Indian Express

9 April Talking posters in indigenous communities to warn of ATM bank fees by Natasha Bita The Australian

8 April Tribes embrace native names to preserve culture by Dennis Wagner 12 News

8 April Storytime for Essex children comes in English and Spanish by Mary Gail Hare Baltimore Sun

7 April Preserving Aymara Language and Culture on Wikipedia by Elaine Mao Watching the Watchers

7 April DW Baig: Tunes from the Pamir mountains by Sehrish Ali Express Tribune

6 April Ancient Language Lives on Thanks to UVa Linguist Newsplex

6 April Keeping languages alive: A different kind of conservation by Pete Zrioka Mother Nature Network

6 April Hishuk Ish Tsawalk: Everything is One by Anna Luisa Daigneault The Dominion

4 April Capturing the Wajarri language brings joy to elders by Gian De Poloni ABC News

4 April Speakers of France's endangered languages demand recognition by Maxime Caillon and Maela Koareg France 24

4 April Lingua franca of South Africa's mines set to fade slowly by Ed Stoddard Reuters

3 April Tributes for our lost Aboriginal centenarians by Jamie Walker The Australian

2 April Aboriginal elder Ned Cheedy dies in WA Nine News

2 April Call to teach Kaurna at every city school by Sheradyn Holderhead Adelaide Now

2 April Technology provides Ojibwe language a lifeline by Jenna Ross Star Tribune

2 April SA Kaurna speakers seek funding Nine News

2 April Indigenous language dictionary launched ABC Indigenous

2 April Opinion: We need to save languages as well as species by Peter Culshaw The Arts Desk

2 April Volume is no guarantee by Rrishi Raote Business Standard

1 April Turkey's Laz community demands protection of cultural, linguistic rights by Aysu Otag Today's Zaman

1 April Vanishing Voices by N.L. Zutshi Greater Kashmir

29 February Can Facebook save a dying language? by Kristen Nozell PSFK

29 February Cellist expresses connection between language, music and culture by Jon Thompson Kenora Daily Miner

29 February Applications that teach indigenous languages by Jayne Augoye Punch

29 February Local languages revitalise rhumba by Sharon Muguwu Daily News

29 February Official tag inspires wordsmiths by Santosh K. Kiro The Telegraph

28 February As elders pass, Wind River Indian Reservation teachers turn to technology to preserve Shoshone language by Tetona Dunlap County 10

28 February Aboriginal languages are dying - spread the word by Don Jaque Northern Journal

28 February Wikipedia Now In Marathi, To Expand To 25 Indian Languages Soon by Nandana Das Tech Circle

28 February Funding awarded to Alderville community for language studies by Karen Longwell Northumberland News

28 February As elders pass, Wind River Indian Reservation teachers turn to technology to preserve Shoshone language by Tetona Dunlap County 10

28 February Benguet, Music, Indigenous People by Gabriel Cardinoza Inquirer News

28 February Overseas interest in Maori maths text by Whare Akuhata The Daily Post

27 February Moving towards reclamation by Alicia Elson The Labradorian

27 February Indigenous Language Revitalization Movement by Christa Couture Pass It To The Left

27 February Sabahan culture to the fore by Philip Golingai The Star

26 February Alderville First Nations to learn native language by Valerie MacDonald Northumberland Today

25 February Embracing the future: Modern technology can save languages as well as destroy them The Economist

24 February Indigenous peoples ask Chilean government to officially recognise their languages Nationalia

24 February Saving Mother Tongues by Matt Kettmann Santa Barbara Independent

24 February Groundbreaking FirstVoices Chat app set to bring texting in First Nations languages to iPhone by Stephen Hui Straight.com

23 February Bill to bring Native American languages into local schools gets initial thumbs up at Capitol by Sara Castellanos Aurora Sentinal

23 February UN Calls to Include Indigenous Languages in Education System Galdu

23 February Setswana is not an endangered language - Kgathi by Calistus Kolantsho Mmegi Online

23 February Harper Government Supports Revitalization of the Ojibway Language by Rick Norlock Northumberland View

23 February Social Media Promotes Literacy Within Threatened Languages by Lisa Stephens Technorati

23 February Don Blames Neglect of Mother Tongues On Globalisation Nigerian Observer

23 February 'Talking Dictionaries' Help Preserve Endangered Tribal Languages by Tom Banse KUOW

23 February Technology Helps Languages Endure by Kate Knibbs Mobiledia

22 February Native Language App Gets Cool Reception Indian Country Today

22 February Project creates ark for world’s dying languages Australian Geographic

22 February In “Translations,” a battle of tongues by Anya Grenier Yale Daily News

22 February Indigenous languages gaining recognition The News

22 February City launches Aboriginal language learning system by Mo Yan-chih Taipei Times

22 February Saving a language by Melanie Lidman Jerusalem Post

22 February Project creates ark for world's dying languages by Delana Carbone Australian Geographic

22 February Preserve linguistic diversity: experts Dawn

22 February International Mother Language Day SOS Children's Villages

22 February Indigenous Languages Gaining Recognition in Mexico Galdu

22 February Dictionary of their language a fitting gift for Ibalois by Vincent Cabreza Inquirer News

22 February UN Calls to Include Indigenous Languages in Education System Cadena Gramonte

22 February Indigenous Focus: Chile's Indigenous Peoples Seek Government Protection of Languages by Laura Seelau & Ryan Seelau I Love Chile

22 February Shanghai Dialect Fights to Survive in Modern China by Bill Savadove Jakarta Globe

22 February International Mother Language Day: 'Give national status to all regional languages' by Mavra Bari Express Tribune

22 February Seminar calls for protecting indigenous languages Daily Times

22 February International Mother Language Day: Participants stress on need to impart education in native tongue by Manzoor Ali Express Tribune

21 February Celebrating Language Warriors Huff Post Science

21 February UNESCO chief warns crucial yet ‘fragile’ linguistic heritage in danger UN News Centre

21 February Cameroon: The 13th Edition of the Mother Language Day Celebrated AllAfrica

21 February Border melts as India, Bangladesh celebrate Mother Language Day MSN

21 February Bhasha, language… What would our lives be without it! Zeenews India

21 February Battle of survival: Watching the tongues slip into extinction by Manzoor Ali The Express Tribune

21 February Need for computing in local languages The Hindu

21 February Conservation of language by Mohammad Shahidul Islam The Daily Star

21 February Languages are vehicles of understanding, tolerance by Shigeru Aoyagi The Asian Age

21 February Tainan mayor urges UNESCO to recover Siriya tribal language by Huang Jung-hsiang and Hanna Liu Focus Taiwan

21 February Here's How Hebrew Saves a Language in Lapland by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu Arutz Sheva

21 February ROC recognises language preservation efforts by June Tsai Taiwan Today

21 February 6,000 languages at risk of extinction, says UNESCO  Vanguard

20 February First Nations want to keep language alive by Matthew Gauk Canada.com

20 February Flexible approach to education helps engage aboriginal youth by Marc and Craig Kielburger Edmonton Journal

20 February Reverend recognized for helping preserve aboriginal language by Hsu Chih-wei and Kay Liu Focus Taiwan

20 February Norwegian Samis in Israel to save their language Israel MFA

20 February In the Field: "Talking Dictionaries" to Document Vanishing Languages National Geographic

20 February South Dakota programs look to keep Lakota language alive by Ruth Moon Sioux City Journal

20 February Big Boost for Native Languages by Carol Berry Indian Country Today Media Network

20 February Internet aids endangered world languages UPI

20 February National Geographic Saves Endangered Languages With Talking Dictionaries by Samantha Chan Asian Scientist

19 February First Nations look to keep traditional languages alive by Matthew Gauk Nanaimo Daily News

19 February Latvia rejects proposal to name Russian an official language by Gary Peach Christian Science Monitor

19 February Cyber zoo to preserve endangered languages Sydney Morning Herald

19 February Sabha ultimatum to Govt tomorrow Assam Tribune

19 February 3 Endangered Languages Preserved on YouTube by Kristina Chew Care2

19 February Digital technologies reversing extinction of languages DAWN

18 February Rwanda: The Tasks That Await the Language Academy by Frank Tanganika All Africa

18 February Keeping Lakota alive by Ruth Moon Rapid City Journal

18 February Digital tools 'to save languages' by Jonathan Amos BBC News

18 February Internet may save endangered languages By Richard Gray The Telegraph

18 February Technology reviving dying languages by Margaret Munro Leader-Post

18 February Technology key in rush to save dying languages by Dick Ahlstrom Irish Times

18 February Indigenous language bill to be re-presented by Muritala Ayinla National Mirror Online

17 February Native American Languages Siletz Dee-Ni, Ashininaabemowin Facing 'Extinction' by Clara Moskowitz Huff Post Science

17 February Feds braced for lawsuit demanding official status for aboriginal languages: documents by Randy Boswell Nunatsiaq Online

17 February Digital Tools Help Document Vanishing Languages NPR

17 February 'Talking dictionary' could help dying languages survive by Margaret Munro Vancouver Post

17 February Newly unveiled talking dictionaries aim to document, preserve endangered languages Winnipeg Free Press

17 February Digital Dictionaries Help Save Vanishing Languages by Jesse Emspak Discover News

17 February Native Americans Fight to Save Endangered Languages by Clara Moskowitz Live Science

17 February Lawsuit seeking status for aboriginal languages expected Canada.com

17 February Falls high school students complete the circle by Alison Langley Niagara Falls Review

17 February CIP to increase efforts to strengthen proficiency in endangered languages Taipei Times

17 February Senator reviews Indigenous Language Bill by Osagie Otabor The Nation

16 February Summit to look at new regional television network for Nunavut by Sarah Rogers Nunatsiaq Online

16 February Taiwan moves to save endangered aboriginal languages by June Tsai Taiwan Today

16 February Workshop on Western Armenian language to kick off in Istanbul PanArmenian

16 February Feds braced for lawsuit demanding official status for aboriginal languages: documents by Randy Boswell Ottawa Citizen

16 February Reviving the Armenian Language Bianet

15 February Speaking in tongues The Economist

15 February Digitizing some Native American recordings while keeping others sacred by Peter Crimmins NewsWorks

15 February Schools to teach indigenous languages Newsday

14 February The national anthem, as you've never heard it by Matt Neal The Standard

14 February Suspension of American Indian Student for Speaking Native Language is Ignorant and Intolerant by Jerry L. Hill Indian Country Today Media Network

14 February African languages not making grade by Karl Gernetzky Business Day

13 February Preserving a native tongue: Tribe works to maintain elders' language by Barbara Curtin Statesman Journal

13 February International Mother Language Day on February 21 Business Recorder

13 February Harper Government Invests in Revitalization of the Kaska Language Canadian Heritage

13 February US Forest Service Publishes Dual Language Booklet for Native Alaskans for First Time by Renee Lee USDA Blog

12 February Australia's story in Indigenous languages by Brian McCoy Eureka Street

12 February Immersion School is Saving a Native American Language Indian Country Today

12 February Worlds apart come together at city school by Paula Simons Edmonton Journal

10 February North Coast tribes strive to keep Pomo language alive by Clark Mason The Press Democrat

10 February Native American Language School Hopes To Save Dying Language KFBB News

10 February Australian researcher helping preserve PNG languages ABC Radio Australia

10 February Hawaiian Language Students Getting Lost In Translation, Advocates Say by Katherine Poythress Honolulu Civil Beat

9 February Ancient weather forecasting meets the digital age by Beth Neate ABC Local

9 February Firefox will be translated into South American Quechua to promote digital inclusion by Anna Heim The Nextweb

9 February CNF to create Cherokee language focused reading centre by Tesina Jackson Cherokee Phoenix

8 February Musicians drum up attendance in NT schools by Monique Ross ABC Melbourne

7 February Is a Local Language Essential to Preserve Cultural Identity on the Social Web? by Sreedhar Pillai Huffington Post

7 February On the Failure to Consider the 'Native Words' Presented to the Panel Reviewing the Enbridge Pipeline by Tyler McCreary Rabble.ca

6 February Cloud computing, Indigenous language preservation and footy carnivals by Mischa Chaleyer-Kynaston ABC Open Capricornia

5 February Pioneering print: Chance visit to historic site leads to rediscovery of Alberta's first books by Paula Simons Edmonton Journal

3 February CIIL preparing White Paper on status of endangered languages The Hindu

3 February Conversational Ojibwe: hear the language on new online dictionary by Kevin Wallevand and Nathan Bowe DL-Online

3 February Language denied means citizens ignored by Neville Alexander Mail & Guardian

3 February New aboriginal languages directory in the works HQ Yellowknife

2 February Conference on minor languages at CIIL begins today Deccan Herald

2 February Cultural village to tell the Baklanga story by Shingirai Madondo Mmegi Online

2 February High school program targets Aboriginals by Jade Schwartzberg Merritt Herald

2 February The Latino Gap: Dual Language Programs Offer Hope by Jill Replogle KPBS

2 February Sencoten language nest strives to revive traditional tongue by Christine van Reeuwyk Saanchi News

1 February Aboriginal rarities in cabaret by Kane Young The Mercury

1 February Senate State Affairs Committee hears Olson's bill on Alaska Native language council by Austin Baird The Republic

1 February Domboshaba calls for official use of Kalanga by Sesupo Rantsimako Botswana Gazette