#languagedeath — Public Fediverse posts

Litir fhosgailte a thaobh na Gàidhlig agus gearraidhean Riaghalas na h-Alba.

An Open Letter to Defend Gaelic
- Misneachd writes: “There will not be a second chance to preserve Gaelic as a spoken vernacular language in Scotland.”

#Gaelic #Scottish #Gàidhlig #languages #LanguageDeath #culture #MastoDaoine

https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2024/03/05/an-open-letter-to-defend-gaelic/

The Last Speaker: South Africa’s dying language
Compiling a dictionary of click-based words, Claudia works to save her grandmother’s dying San, or Bushman, language.

https://www.aljazeera.com/program/africa-direct/2022/12/13/the-last-speaker-south-africas-dying-language
#LanguageDeath #EndangeredLanguages #LanguageDocumentation #linguistics

https://youtu.be/vviiDznj5QA