The Linguaphile Project

02/21/2018

Learning to identify and cultivate these feelings could give you a richer and more successful life

08/01/2017

We know that there are also disappearing languages in Turkey, France, South and Central America, Asia, and West Africa. Do you know of any other places? http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170731-greeces-disappearing-whistled-language?ocid=fbtvl

For some 2,500 years, residents of this mountainous village have used an astonishing language that only they understand. But there are only six people left who can ‘speak’ it.

07/30/2017

Thoughts?

An artificial intelligence system being developed at Facebook has created its own language. It developed a system of code words to make communication more efficient. Researchers shut the system down when they realized the AI was no longer using English.

06/14/2017

Attention New York City!

New York City may be the most linguistically diverse place in the world, but that diversity began with Lunaape (also called Lenape or Delaware), a Native American language of the Algonquian family. Today, Lunaape is still spoken, and is actively being revitalized, in Moraviantown and Munsee, in Cana...

03/15/2017

http://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/jay-odjick-twitter-algonquin-words-1.3989152

A graphic artist is turning his talent towards getting more people speaking the Algonquin language — using Twitter to share illustrations of simple Algonquin words.

03/08/2017

This , learn more about Nü Shu, considered the world's only "women's writing", and watch a mini documentary on this script and its history. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caQGt4Rjw28

03/08/2017

"Of the 7,100 languages currently in use worldwide, only 500 are used online while only 348 are supported by Google, the world’s leading search engine, according to a UNESCO report published in 2015. And even many of those languages that do make it on the Internet have limitations: , for example, is represented by only a single font on Microsoft Word.:

http://www.eurasianet.org/node/82356

Dato Dolidze’s fingers move slowly on the old handset as he writes a text message to his son.   “My phone only has the Latin alphabet, so every time I text I need to translate the Georgian letter

03/01/2017

Even if you're not addicted to Korean dramas like we are, here's a great website for learning basic .

https://istheworldyouroyster.wordpress.com/

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02/22/2017

Yesterday was World Mother Language Day. Read why linguistic preservation is critical. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/four-things-happen-when-language-dies-and-one-thing-you-can-do-help-180962188/ .01

This World Mother Language Day, read about why many say we should be fighting to preserve linguistic diversity

02/17/2017

I have always been fascinated by word manipulation, so I started this project as a personal challenge. I manipulate Arabic words and transform them into their meaning, and I made a total of 40 illustrated words.

02/17/2017

“To me the most interesting thing of all is how these texts shaped women’s understandings of themselves,” says Silber. “This writing system teaches us quite a lot about the relationship between literacy and different powered groups in society.”

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/nushu-chinese-script-women

This gender-specific practice continues to fade with time.

12/12/2016

http://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/politics/pm-trudeau-announces-indigenous-languages-act-1.3191946

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government will introduce an Indigenous Languages Act in hopes of preserving and revitalizing First Nations, Metis and Inuit languages in Canada.