Languages in the news 2010

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July 2010

July-August Project Maps Native Languages—Before They Disappear by Susan Hagen In Review

27 June Tribe hopes to fund Cherokee as foreign language class in public Waynesville by Giles Morris Smoky Mountain News

27 July Labor Senator criticises NT's bilingual policy by Kirsty Nancarrow ABC News

27 July Video: Battle to save languages Cambridge News

25 July Death of a language The Telegraph

25 July Eyak language finds new speaker from unlikely upbringing by Rhonda McBride KTUU

24 July National Anthropological Archives Receives Grant from President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities Art Daily

24 July Mendota tribe struggles to keep language, culture alive by Corey Mitchell Star Tribune

23 July Native names becoming more widespread as first nations work to keep their culture alive by Kim Pemberton Vancouver Sun

22 July Government of the Northwest Territories Hosts Aboriginal Languages Institute in Collaboration with the University of Victoria Nation Talk

22 July Indigenous language institute looking at high-tech solutions to an age-old challenge by Ileiren Poon Express News

22 July Inupiaq word of the day spoken on Facebook by Victoria Barber The Arctic Sounder

22 July Language immersion required for Aboriginal students by Rick Garrick Wawatay News

20 July Native voices heard at national language summit by Rob Capriccioso Indian Country Today

20 July Hopi Language Program KUYI Hopi Radio

18 July San Manuel Band of Mission Indians making television history with KVCR My Desert

16 July Keeping Aboriginal languages alive ABC Radio

16 July Linguistics in the News: The Linguists (2008) gets Emmy nod by Heather Froehlich Examiner

16 July Government of Canada Announces New Research Project to Revitalize Cayuga Language at Six Nations of the Grand River Reserve, Ontario Marketwire

16 July NCLB Seen Impeding Indigenous-Language Preservation by Mary Ann Zehr Education Week

16 July Native Language Advocates Gather on Capitol Hill Cultural Survival

16 July Technology rejuvenates neglected languages Sydney Morning Herald

15 July Priority to protect non-scheduled languages Times of India

15 July The Language Divide, Writ Small, in Belgian Town by Suzanne Daley New York Times

15 July Revisiting the Native American Languages Act of 1990 Education Week

14 July Rookie linguist learns more than Arapaho by Finn Thye University of Colorado at Boulder Alumni Association

14 July Taiwan seeks to save indigenous languages by Cindy Sui BBC News, World News Network

13 July Filmmakers focus on First Voices by Steve Kidd Penticton Western News

12 July Joe Wilmot / Mi'kmaq Online Dictionary CBC Newfoundland

12 July Hope pictorial dictionaries will preserve Indigenous languages by Chrissy Arthur ABC News

12 July Alaska and Siberia Sustain 12,000-Year Relationship in Beringia America.gov

9 July Kwak'wala added to N. Island curriculum Canada.com

9 July Professor Investigates Ket Language by Lori Townsend APRN

9 July Language lessons serve future generations Express News

8 July Words for 'canoe' point to long-lost family ties Ottawa Citizen

7 July Chiefs raise alarm about First Nations languages in B.C. by Matthew Burrows Straight.com

6 July Language immersion camp cements cultural traditions by Konnie LeMay Indian Country Today

6 July New book claims link between Asian dialects and some Canadian native languages by Randy Boswell The Windsor Star

6 July Government agency pledges to promote rights of Pingpu aborgines Focus Taiwan

5 July Immersion Camp teaches Ojibwe language using conversation by Jana Peterson The Pine Journal

5 July Xinhua Insight: Language lessons help deepen ethnic ties in China's Xinjiang People's Daily Online

4 July Saibai Island Home Message Stick

3 July Arlee Celebration and Powwow: Horses spark spontaneous fun; rodeo set for today by Keila Szpaller Missoulian

 

June 2010

Spring 2010 Guardians of Language by Marc Dadigan Cascade

30 June Natives want improved education law by Rob Capriccioso Indian Country Today

29 June A native language lives on young tongues by Melissa Lampman BC Local News

29 June Biocultural diversity: The true web of life by Luisa Maffi NatGeo News Watch

29 June Finding their voice China Daily

28 June Argentina: Little joy among indigenous peoples over bicentennial by Julia Nissen Energy Publisher

28 June Extinct Alaska Native language draws French student's interest by Kyle Hopkins Anchorage Daily News

28 June Native Eyak language may have a follower SWFLA

24 June Women and culture her passion by Sipho Masombuka Sowetan

23 June Zambia makes learning of local language compulsory in primary education Xinhua Net

23 June Bilingualism key to language survival by Anna Salleh ABC Science Online

21 June UNL Omaha language professor facing pressure from some tribe members by Kevin Abourezk Journal Star

20 June Last Lakotah code talker dies by Deep Harm Native American Netroots

18 June Diwurruwurru-Jaru Aboriginal Corporation seeks assistance ORIC

17 June 'Important day in our history': Sinclair hopes TRC opening signals start of new chapter Winnipeg Free Press

17 June Mi'kmaq immersion classes needed: band CBC News

16 June Yukon native language story book crosses the Pacific by Patricia Robertson Yukon News

16 June Educators and Scholars Come Together to Examine and Improve Language Preservation by Abby Mogollón First Peoples

16 June Donation establishes the Nation’s First 24-Hour Native American TV Channel Cherokee One Feather

15 June Busy summer for UO Northwest Indian Language Institute Inside Oregon

15 June 25th Anniversary of Barunga Festival by Brooke Bannister ABC Radio

15 June Saving the Yaqui language MyNativeBiz, KVOA

11 June Documentaries Preserve First Nations Languages Indigenous Peoples, Issues and Resources

11 June U.S. Department of Education and Senate to Host Native Language Summit Cultural Survival

10 June Groups' open letter on 'threats' to Welsh language BBC News

10 June Within the city of Timmins, there is a lack of Aboriginal language classes for students attending elementary or secondary schools Wataway News Online

10 June Less children eligible to attend French school: report by Adam Huras Telegraph Journal

10 June Documentaries Preserve First Nations Languages Village 900 and news.gov.bc

9 July Learning Noongar language by Sharon Kennedy ABC Southwest WA

9 June Funds for arts, culture, heritage Koori Mail

9 June Preserving the language of First Nations people in Canada Global Good News

8 June Reclaiming Native Language Title Rights by Ghil'ad Zuckermann Galus Australis

7 June Study: Inuit students benefit from schooling in own language Anchorage Daily News

7 June Miller: Tribal nations and museums working in partnership by Robert J. Miller Indian Country Today

7 June Robert Miller: Tribes and museums can create partnerships Indianz.com

7 June Free aboriginal language classes open to public Focus Taiwan

7 June American Indian languages get 'Breath of Life' by James S. Tyree News OK

6 June Reviving Igbo language and culture Daily Sun

6 June Study: Inuit language schooling brings long-term benefits by Sarah Rogers Nunatsiaq Online

4 June Journey through the eyes of native law by Jake Wilson Sydney Morning Herald

4 June First Nations event targets traditional language by Megan Stewart Vancouver Courier

3 June Essay competition in indigenous languages underway The Guardian News Nigeria

3 June TV helps Aboriginal language revival by Courtenay Rule Australian Geographic

3 June E-dictionary aims to spread Aboriginal languages, cultures Taipei Times

2 June Tribal leader has helped preserve Cahuilla culture Monique R. Henderson The Press-Enterprise

2 June Yorke Peninsula schools revive lost language by Lucy Hood Adelaide Now

2 June Lexicons To Help Preserve Native Tongues by Quratul-Ain Bandial BruDirect

1 June New Quechua class at OSU exposes students to indigenous Incan language by Jessica Ostrau The Lantern

1 June Trying to save vanishing languages American Indians turn to recordings at American Philosophical Society by Stephan Salisbury The Philadelphia Inquirer

1 June Indigenous languages online - challenges and opportunities by Eduardo Avila Global Voices Online

 

May 2010

31 May e-dictionary preserves dying indigenous languages, cultures Focus Taiwan

28 May Yaqui tapes a treasure for UA researchers by Becky Pallack Arizona Daily Star

28 May Aboriginal astronomers: world's oldest? by Bridget Brennan Australian Geographic

27 May On saving traditional languages: Young activists are tackling the disappearance of traditional Aboriginal languages using a unique learning method Columbian Centre Society

27 May Thornes Helps Tribe Preserve Native Language University of Central Arkansas Campus News

27 May Robbed of their language and pride by Kevin Rollason Winnipeg Free Press

27 May HRD ministry's initiative to protect languages Times of India

26 May 2010 Language lessons: You are what you speak by Christine Kenneally New Scientist

26 May Courses to Be Designed in Endangered Languages Outlook India

25 May Sealaska Heritage Institute Releases Landmark Dictionaries  For Tlingit, Haida, And Tsimshian, Juneau Empire and Indigenous Peoples, Issues and Resources

25 May Endangered tongues by Sam Roberts Deccan Herald

21 May HRD forms panel for preservation of endangered languages by Anubhuti Vishnoi Indian Express

18 May University of Goroko hosts seminar on language translation by Kate Gunn Malum Nalu

18 May State will spend thousands to aid Lakota speakers at voting booths by Bob Mercer The Daily Republic

16 May Smithsonian Reaches Out to Indigenous Groups with Language Effort by E.E. Mazier Suite 101

16 May Indigenous Language Acquisition Nigerian Parents Forum

15  May Saving the language of the Cherokee by Rob Reynolds Aljazeera.net Americas

15 May Half of world's languages may become extinct by year 2100 Digital Journal

14 May Payne Family Native American Center opens on UM campus by Travis Coleman Great Falls Tribune

13 May WORLD: Languages endangered National Indigenous Times

13 May Daylong events mark dedication of Native American Center at UM by Travis Coleman Great Falls Tribune

12 May Schools boss seeks solution to bilingual anger by Eleni Roussos ABC News

12 May Aboriginal pupils in sharp focus in education plan by Anna Patty and Dan Harrison Sydney Morning Herald

11 May Tiwi Music ABC Behind the News

10 May TV show teaches Aboriginal language to kids The Australian

10 May Kids show to teach Aboriginal language Straits Times

10 May Australian TV show teaches Aboriginal language Northern Territory News, Oregon Herald, Radio Netherlands Worldwide, Inquirer Global Nation, Live JournalYahoo! NewsHealth Life Source

11 May First Nations languages need greater use by George T. Baker Prince Rupert Daily News

10 May Federal Agency Issues Voter Guides in Native American and Alaska Native Languages EV Living

7 May B.C.'s fluent speakers of First Nations languages are a dwindling minority by Stefania Seccia Westerly News

6 May China-Taiwan: Pingpu activists ask UN assistance in Aboriginal claim Indigenous Portal

6 May Fight for cultural diversity amidst globalization by Philip Fernando Daily News

6 May Native language endangerment in BC by Garry Peterson Resilience Science

6 May First Nations language endangered by George T. Baker Prince Rupert Daily News

6 May Preserving the Lushootseed language for the next generation by Holly Taylor Crosscut

5 May Channeling Ngugi: language and identity in Kenya and Africa by Sitawa Namwalie Kenya Imagine

4 May Native languages face extinction by Dustin Walker Nanaimo Daily News

3 May Native languages are in peril, report says by Judith Lavoie Times Colonist

2 May Training on new Indigenous language program Torres News Online

2 May It's all Tifinagh to us: Vermont project aims to preserve endangered alphabets by Ruth Hare Times Argus

2 May B.C.’s native languages at risk of extinction by Wendy Stueck Globe and Mail

2 May Report – Indigenous languages at serious risk on Canada’s Pacific Coast Buffalo Post

1 May Native languages in peril by Judith Lavoie Times Colonist, The Province, Vancouver Sun

1 May B.C. First Nations languages face extinction unless action taken now by Stephen Hui Straight.com

1 May Strengthening Education With Indigenous Languages In Bangladesh: Video Report Indigenous Peoples, Issues and Resources

Spring 2010 Speaking Their Language Carleton College

 

April 2010

30 April Cherokee immersion students win language fair by Will Chavez Cherokee Phoenix

30 April Unicode simplifies using Cherokee language on computers by Will Chavez Cherokee Phoenix

30 April Report Urges Action for B.C.'s First Nations Languages Marketwire

30 April Losing a Language by Desi Anwar Jakarta Globe

29 April Poke from the future, protect the Cree past by Zev Singer Ottowa Citizen

28 April Learning local Koori language the hip hop way by Anthony Scully ABC Southeast NSW

28 April Elders pair with Tlingit teachers in training course Capital City Weekly

28 April Listening to (and Saving) the World’s Languages New York Times

27 April World's 18 most endangered spoken languages by Leigh Montgomery and Elizabeth Ryan Christian Science Monitor

27 April Linguist races to save a dying language spoken in Cambodia by Jared Ferrie Christian Science Monitor

27 April Indian reservation works to save Lakota language by Kayla Gahagan Indian Country Today

27 April MB. to recognize aboriginal languages by Paul Turenne Winnipeg Sun

27 April Manitoba to recognize aboriginal languages First Nations: Native tongues to be official The Orillia Packet

26 April Bangladesh: Primary Education For Adivashis (Indigenous) Indigenous Portal

25 April Indigenous Peoples Draw Focus at UN by Jaya Ramachadran Pressenza International Press Agency

23 April Métis community recognized 680News

23 April Indigenous Peoples draw focus at UN by Jaya Ramachadran IDN-InDepthNews

22 April $201,670 NSF Grant to Create Online Atlas of Endangered Native Languages Media Newswire

20 April Language: Treasured teacher embodies 100 reasons to learn Oneida Smithsonian American Indian News

20 April Manitoba moves to preserve seven aboriginal languages Calgary Herald

20 April Manitoba Proposes Legislation To Recognize Aboriginal Languages Gov Monitor

20 April U of M offering Cree language courses Winnipeg Free Press

20 April Digital archiving tool to give voice to indigenous peoples by Gail Siegel WSU Today

19 April 9th UN Forum On Indigenous Issues Opens With Ban Ki-moon Calling For Respect For Values Indigenous peoples, Issues and Resources

16 April Lakota striving to stay alive by Kayla Gahagan Rapid City Journal

15 April The impact of English on the preservation and maintenance of Indigenous and other old languages ABC Radio National

15 April Young Sami eager to breathe new life into culture Helsinki Times

15 April Temotu language to be preserved Solomon Star

15 April Heritage ‘Smoke’ signals go digital The Tillsonburg News

13 April Call for investment in Gaelic to show it has uses in modern world by Craig Brown News Scotsman

13 April Eisenhower Elementary School’s studies help preserve American Indian languages NewsOK

13 April The island that no longer sings by Mira Baz The Daily Star

9 April Historic meeting of North American Athabaskan people and the Ket people of Siberian Russia Arctic Athabaskan Council

9 April Endangered Languages Bill Moyers Journal PBS

9 April Giving Dzongkha a shot in the arm Kuensel Online

7 April African science must tackle local language barriers by Charles Dhewa SciDev Net

7 April Talk urges protection of endangered languages by Christy O'Keefe The Dartmouth

6 April Inland Cherokee gather each week in Riverside to preserve their ancestors' native language The Press-Enterprise

6 April A battle that must be won International Falls Daily Journal

6 April Ojibwe unite to save their heritage by Faye Whitbeck International Falls Daily Journal

5 April Indian Tribes Go in Search of Their Lost Languages by Patricia Cohen New York Times

4 April Aramaic 'an endangered language' BBC News

4 April 2,000 attend five-day event North Bay Nugget

4 April Case for Pakhtunkhwa The International News

3 April Shinnecocks Learning an Old Language The Sag Harbor Express

 

March 2010

30 March Embracing his Kaurna heritage by Katelin Nelligan News Review Messenger

30 March RBC becomes first Canadian bank to offer indigenous languages telephone service iStock Analyst

30 March Precious research rediscovered, 'a breakthrough for Indigenous studies' by Kim Lyell ABC News

29 March Revelstoke School District Signs First Aboriginal Education Agreement Indigenous Peoples, Issues and Resources

29 March Digital threat to remote area indigenous TV by Sally Jackson The Australian

26 March ‘The Wendat people are survivors' Project hopes to revive ancestral Huron language by Mark Cardwell The Montreal Gazette

26 March Bringing Cherokee Language studies into the 21st Century Cherokee One Feather

25 March Community pay tribute to priest by Heather Ewart 7.30 Report

24 March Chickaloon Elder Katie Wade Left Behind Lasting Legacy Alaska Public Radio Network

24 March New push begins to save Salish language by David Flores Lake County Leader

23 March Shinnecock Indian Nation Agawam Notes 27 East Community News

19 March Google to add Maya, Nahuatl languages to search engine Agence France-Presse

18 March Native Languages Proposal Delivered to Obama Administration Cultural Survival

18 March Saving their mother tongue by Jennifer Pritchett Telegraph Journal

17 March Entrench Language Rights in Constitution All Africa

18 March Legal services now available in Cree by Kate McLaren Northern News

16 March Wiradjuri in the classroom by Blake Nicholson Forbes Advocate

16 March Rosetta Stone preserving Chitimacha language: Course made available to tribe in Charenton by Richard Burgess The Advocate

13 March Keeping traditional languages alive by Jeff Labine TB newswatch

11 March Experts Translate Texts from Mexican Indian Cults Latin America Herald Tribune

11 March Questions Answered: Invented Languages New York Times

10 March CPPCC member: Beware of English invasion by Wang Jingqiong China Daily

9 March Whose culture is it? Taking on the myth that Quebec’s culture belongs to a select few by William M. Burton The McGill Daily

9 March Call for 'civic disobedience' to save minority languages EurActiv

8 March MEPs push for EU recognition of Catalan, Welsh languages EurActiv

7 March Tribal program is saving Salish by Kevin Graman The Spokesman-Review

5 March Only seven can speak dying language by Samwel Kumba and Mwangi Ndirangu Daily Nation News

4 March Wade Davis on Dying Languages You Tube

4 March Student films aim to bring Native languages back to life by Robert Nott Santa Fe New Mexican

4 March UNESCO releases new publication on linguistic diversity in the Internet UNESCO news

4 March Cyprus Maronites battle to preserve ancestral language France 24

3 March Cultures around the world at risk of losing their languages World Focus

3 March Prof Nirupama Prakash from BITS Pilani invited to participate in UNESCO International Mother Language Day Symposium at Paris India PR Wire

 

February 2010

Jan/Feb 2010 Humilavekian Vol. 1, Issue 20-21 (downloadable PDF)

28 February Rosetta Stone helps Chitimacha revive language by Jennifer Ashawasegai Indian Country Today

27 February A Cultural Revival: The spirit of Japan's Ainu artists by Lucy Birmingham The Wall Street Journal

24 February Athabascan linguist, tradition bearer Katherine Peter dies Fairbanks Daily News Miner

24 February Tribe develops language immersion program by Lynn Fischer Morning Sun

24 February Education in mother tongue by Dr Manzur Ejaz Daily Times

24 February Now, master your mother tongue, on weekends Indian Express

24 February Heart of Louisiana: The Chitimacha's lost language by Dave McNamara Fox 8 TV

24 February Is Arabic a dying language? by Tom Hundley Minn Post

23 February Nigeria: Preserving the Mother Tongue Initiative AllAfrica

23 February Aborigines Must Save Language Gold Coast Bulletin

23 February Aborigines against Globalization "Universal Man" isn’t as universal as we once thought by Julienne Eden Busic Javno

23 February Indigenous languages facing extinction Gulf Times

23 February Making technology speak your language The Independent

23 February Opening virtual doors across the language barrier by Anthony Salcito R&D Magazine

22 February More Than 1 Billion Speakers Of Endangered Languages Get Access To Technology The Street

22 February Microsoft throws a lifeline to endangered languages by Hani Megerisi PC Pro

22 February Speaker breaks down Native American code at annual Pow Wow by Alysia R. Brooks The Shorthorn

22 February Opinion: The Survival of Languages is Economically Determined, My Dear Arch- Nemesis! by Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe Joy Online

21 February Linguists Scramble To Save The World's Languages by Richard Solash Radio Free Europe

21 February Mother tongues nurture sense of cultural identity by Shweta Satyan Gulf News

21 February Punjabi National Conference marks Mother Tongue Day Daily Times

21 February Violence mars Bangladesh's 'language movement' day Prokerala

21 February UNESCO marks International Mother Language Day ITAR TASS

21 February India, B’desh celebrate International Mother Language Day Zeenews

21 February UN promotes multilingualism Inquirer Global Nation

21 February Int'l Mother Language Institute opens in Bangladesh's capital Xinhua News

21 February Linguist Says Slovenian Language Not Endangered Slovenian Press Agency

21 February Bangladesh pays tributes to 1952 language heroes Zeenews

21 February 21 February 2010: International Mother Language Day by Dr. Eugene D’Souza, Moodubelle Bellevision

21 February College course passes on Dena'ina language by Joseph Robertia Peninsula Clarion

20 February Indigenous leaders want primary edn in mother tongues by Jasim Majumder The Daily Star

20 February Native leader critical of efforts to preserve language by Mary Ellen Macintyre The Chronicle Herald

20 February Virginia Beavert keeping Sahaptin language alive by Pat Muir Yakima Herald

20 February More than 248 native languages face serious risk of extinction in Latin America by Jennifer Ross VHeadline

20 February ADMAF Celebrates International Mother Language Day Eye of Dubai

20 February Entrepreneur designs shirts with Language Day message by Megan Schmidt The Holland Sentinel

20 February International Mother Language Day Manila Bulletin

20 February Conference on international mother language day tomorrow India Edunews

20 February International Mother Language Day in Ontario Kaberi Chatterjee Canadian Immigrant

19 February Contest dedicated to International Mother Language Day completes in Azerbaijan Trend

19 February Bangladeshi minister: Int’l Mother Language Institute to help country stand straight in global arena Brunei fm

19 February Preserving languages vital to world by Shankar Das The Star Phoenix

19 February Hillary greets B'desh on International Mother Language Day Zeenews

19 February Kutztown University holding International Mother Language Day Reading Eagle

19 February Celebrating and protecting languages other than English by Vanessa Mills ABC Kimberley

19 February Teaching indigenous language by Greg Dickson GreenMag

19 February State settles Yup'ik language ballot lawsuit Anchorage Daily News

19 February Apache speakers hang on by Mark Herz The Camp Verde Journal

19 February One More Endangered Language Falls Silent by Ford Cochran National Geographic BlogWILD

18 February Human Rights and the Languages of the Olympics by Richard Kagan The Daily Journal

18 February Fabrica creates the image for the International Mother Language Day Sfilate Fashion Avenue Network

18 February Nuu-chah-nulth found by Wawmeesh G. Hamilton Alberni Valley News

18 February Critical Shortage of Sami Language Teachers YLE

18 February Let Us Save the Ga Language Ghana Web

18 February New ideas needed on how language is used in schools by Margie Owen-Smith Sowetan

17 February Canada should support the endangered language protection accord by Nazrul Islam Guelph Mercury

17 February In America, 191 Languages are Endangered or Extinct by Mary Silver Epoch Times

17 February Off the Coast of India, Another Language Dies by Ishaan Tharoor Time Magazine

15 February Saving endangered languages: Some better reasons for keeping languages alive by Derek Bickerton Psychology Today

15 February Teach English or miss out on funds: Abal by James Apa Gumuno The National

15 February 'Tribal Voice Radio' broadcasting now by Scott Woodham Alaska Dispatch

14 February Popular music a way to preserve Inuktitut CBC News

14 February Nigeria: enforcing Indigenous Languages in Homes by Yemi Adebisi AllAfrica

12 February Call for Aboriginal language studies in schools ABC News

12 February Butchulla may be taught in schools by Stephen O'Grady Brisbane Times and Fraser Coast Chronicle

9 February Nunavut language summit begins CBC News

9 February Oral language further preserved at University of Goroka by Philip Tama Malum Nalu

8 February Simultaneous interpretation of te reo Maori to be launched Scoop Independent News

8 February Anishinabe-kwe on the air North Bay Nugget

8 February The race to save Indigenous languages by Louisa Rebgetz ABC news

5 February The tragedy of dying languages by K. David Harrison BBC News

4 February Last speaker of ancient language of Bo dies in India by Alastair Lawson BBC News

4 February Indigenous Language Institute Received Grant for Native Youth Language Project by Inée Y. Slaughter Tribalog

2 February Software Company Helps Revive 'Sleeping' Language by Larry Abramson on NPR

2 February The Canadiens lost, but Inuktitut scored a win The Gazette

1 February Indigenous verse back on agenda by Jonathan Atkins ABC News

1 February Taiwan Journey Part 4: Aboriginal Sounds in Taiwan with Inka Mbing and Totem by Michal Shapiro World Music Blog

 

January 2010

31 January Researcher gave the Chumash a gift: their heritage By Steve Chawkins in the Los Angeles Times

27 January On language and Ktunaxa women by Brian Coombs Kootenay News Advertiser

29 January San children risk losing language Namibia Economist

28 January Saving Endangered Languages from Being Forgotten Science Daily

28 January Fluent Arikara speaker dies KITV NEWS

25 January Rosetta Stone Endangered Language Program Releases Chitimacha Language Software Rosetta Stone press 

25 January "Protecting Our Language" and the Dakota way by Scott Tedrick Advocate Tribune

24 January Marshallese language gets online dictionary by Craig Gima Honolulu Star Bulletin

22 January Cambodia's Minority Languages Face Bleak Future by Robert Carmichael Voice of America

17 January Tokyo prof strives to rescue an Aboriginal language from oblivion by Eriko Arita Japan Times

14 January Congress Increases Funding for Native American Language Programs Cultural Survival

11 January Burma: ZBC To Start Language Learning Programme in Six Dialects Indigenous Portal

11 January Giving new life to her native language, Ojibwe Chicago Tribune

2 January Holding our tongues Awaye!

 

Languages in the news 2009

Languages in the news 2008 and earlier