#minoritylanguage — Public Fediverse posts

A video of William Neill from “Poets of the South-West”, created for Dumfries & Galloway Education Department in the 1980s & online via Hugh McMillan. Neill reads some of his poetry & discusses his use of Gaelic & Scots

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Opff3zwIAek

#Scottish #literature #poetry #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #Scots #Scotslanguage #minoritylanguage

Chuala mise gum b’urrain dhaibh o shean
coiseachd fo chraobhan bho Chluaidh gu Solabhaigh;
a nisd chaneil a leithid de chraobhan againn …
ach pairèid reiseamaid ghiuthas air gach sliabh.

—Uilleam Nèill, “Craobhan”

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#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #minoritylanguage

Yirdins are no for me, I was never ane
tae wear a tile hat and a claw-hemmer coat;
I was never ane
tae staund aboot a cauld and clartie grave
wi een like a wannert stot…

—William Neill, “A Lament for Alba Moroon”

2/4

https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/a-kist-o-skinlan-things/

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #minoritylanguage

Escape to the tailored suit,
the pan-loaf speech,
the benefits of higher education…

—“Kailyard & After” by William Neill (1922–2010), b. #OTD, 22 Feb. He wrote poetry in all three of Scotland’s languages & was an active campaigner for Scots & Gaelic

A 🎂 🧵

1/4

https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/a-kist-o-skinlan-things/

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #minoritylanguage

“An entire system of comharran – Gaelic navigational marks – surrounds the islands… A wealth of knowledge about the creatures which populate these fishing grounds is also encoded within the Gaelic language.”

—Alastair Cole: How Scottish Gaelic is helping protect Scotland’s seas

https://theconversation.com/how-scottish-gaelic-is-helping-protect-scotlands-seas-155660

#Scotland #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #MotherLanguageDay #UNESCO #fishing #fishingindustry #Hebrides #language #minoritylanguage

I mind when I was a bairnie hou ma mither
brocht out ae day a kist o skinklan things,
ferlies I thocht them, ilk mair rare nor anither,
aa kind o gowdies, stanes and chains and rings…

—Douglas Young, “Thesaurus Paleo-Scoticus”

https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/a-kist-o-skinlan-things/

#Scottish #literature #Scots #Scotslanguage #poem #poetry #language #minoritylanguage #MotherLanguageDay #UNESCO

Nam sheasamh thall aig geat a’ phreiridh,
feur glan fom bhotannan,
lamhan fuar nam phocaidean,
faileadh an dup
gu fann
gu neo-chinnteach
a’ nochdadh mu mo chuinnlean…

—Anne Frater, “Aig an Fhaing”

Today, 21 February, is UNESCO International Mother Language Day

https://www.unesco.org/en/days/mother-language

#Scottish #literature #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #poem #poetry #language #minoritylanguage #MotherLanguageDay #UNESCO

“Just as, after reading Heinlein, a door is no longer quite the same thing, so, after reading DEEP WHEEL ORCADIA, a dialect is no longer quite the same thing either”

—Cat Fitzpatrick reviews Harry Josephine Giles’s DEEP WHEEL ORCADIA for @StrangeHorizons

http://strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/deep-wheel-orcadia-by-harry-josephine-giles/

#Scottish #literature #Orkney #Orcadian #poetry #sciencefiction #scifi #Scots #Scotslanguage #minoritylanguage

In 2019, Harry Josephine Gilesl’s science-fiction verse novel DEEP WHEEL ORCADIA was a work-in-progress, & we were delighted to feature an extract. Published in 2021, DEEP WHEEL ORCADIA won the 2022 Arthur C. Clarke Award for Science Fiction Book of the Year

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https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2019/07/the-new-orkney-language-literature-an-excerpt-from-deep-wheel-orcadia-a-future-fantasy/

#Scottish #literature #Orkney #Orcadian #sciencefiction #poetry #scifi #Scots #Scotslanguage #minoritylanguage

The New Orkney Language Literature

Harry Josephine Giles looks at

“the minoritisation of the language, perpetuated not just through literary snobbery but also through an education system that beat out Orcadian with physical force”

& a literary rebirth

6/8

https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2019/07/the-new-orkney-language-literature/

#Scottish #literature #Orkney #Orcadian #Scots #Scotslanguage #minoritylanguage

McIntosh Lecture: “Scots as a Cinderella Language”
9 December, Glasgow – free

Professor Joanna Kopaczyk-McPherson will ask how has the story of Scots been told, & what are the perceptions created.

This lecture is sponsored by the Scottish Text Society. All are welcome to attend.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mcintosh-lecture-scots-as-a-cinderella-language-tickets-1968052449856

#Scottish #Scots #language #Scotslanguage #minoritylanguage

A Curious Episode at Balquhidder: Placenames in the North & the Nackens
28 October, Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh – free, ticketed

Dr Robert Fell on how the folklore of Nackens (Scottish Gypsy Travellers) can give insights into Scotland’s history & place names

https://sisf.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:6267/913:27696/

#Scottish #literature #minoritylanguage #travellers #Nacken #folklore #placenames #history #storytelling #folktale

At times, in those last few months,
he would think of a word
and he had to remember the tree, or the species of frog,

the sound denoted…

—John Burnside, “The Last Man to Speak Ubykh“

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v24/n16/john-burnside/the-last-man-to-speak-ubykh

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #language #minoritylanguage #MotherLanguageDay

“An entire system of comharran – Gaelic navigational marks – surrounds the islands. Most are known only to the fishermen. […] A wealth of knowledge about the creatures which populate these fishing grounds is also encoded within the Gaelic language.”

—Alastair Cole: How Scottish Gaelic is helping protect Scotland’s seas

https://theconversation.com/how-scottish-gaelic-is-helping-protect-scotlands-seas-155660

#Scottish #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #fishing #fishingindustry #Hebrides #language #minoritylanguage #MotherLanguageDay

I mind when I was a bairnie hou ma mither
brocht out ae day a kist o skinklan things,
ferlies I thocht them, ilk mair rare nor anither,
aa kind o gowdies, stanes and chains and rings…

—Douglas Young, “Thesaurus Paleo-Scoticus”

https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/a-kist-o-skinlan-things/

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #language #minoritylanguage #MotherLanguageDay

Nam sheasamh thall aig geat a’ phrèiridh,
feur glan fom bhòtannan,
làmhan fuar nam phòcaidean,
fàileadh an dup
gu fann
gu neo-chinnteach
a’ nochdadh mu mo chuinnlean…

—Anne Frater, “Aig an Fhaing”

https://asls.org.uk/gaelic-poetry-for-english-classes/

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #language #minoritylanguage #MotherLanguageDay

Beachd a’ Chànanaiche: Dè tha crìonadh cànain ag innse dhuinn mun Gàidhlig? | Thoughts of a Linguist: What does language decay tell us about Gaelic?
30 Jan, University of Edinburgh & online – free

Duncan MacLeod will give this year’s John MacLeod Memorial Lecture, in Gaelic with simultaneous interpretation into English.

https://llc.ed.ac.uk/celtic-scottish-studies/events/john-macleod-lecture

#Scottish #Gaelic #language #minoritylanguage #minoritylanguages #linguistics

The Scottish Gaelic translation of STILL WAKES THE DEEP is deeply political

“Arts and culture, including video games like Still Wakes the Deep, are in a unique position to normalize minority languages and assist those learning to speak it.”

https://www.polygon.com/features/486346/still-wakes-the-deep-scottish-gaelic

#Scottish #Gaelic #language #minoritylanguage #gaming #videogames

Could Artificial Intelligence save Scottish Gaelic?

Prof Will Lamb’s inaugural lecture was given on 4 Dec, University of Edinburgh, & is now available online. This lecture showcases ongoing research involving Gaelic at Edinburgh University; addresses tensions in collaborations between big tech & minority language communities; & considers how AI might help revitalise minority languages generally

https://media.ed.ac.uk/media/Will+Lamb+Inaugural+Lecture+December+2024/1_1lj03icy/341431382

#Scottish #Gaelic #minoritylanguage #AI #ArtificialIntelligence

Could Artificial Intelligence save Scottish Gaelic?
Prof Will Lamb: inaugural lecture
4 Dec, University of Edinburgh – free

This lecture showcases ongoing research involving Gaelic at the University of Edinburgh; addresses tensions in collaborations between big tech & minority language communities; & looks ahead, considering how AI might help revitalise not just Gaelic, but other minority languages too

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inaugural-lecture-will-lamb-tickets-1083140304809

#Scottish #Gaelic #minoritylanguage #AI #ArtificialIntelligence

Minority Language Protection: The Gaels & Endangered Language Communities
8 Oct, Boyd Orr Building, University of Glasgow & online – free

A seminar given by Conchúr Ó Giollagáin (Oilthigh na Gàidhealachd is nan Eilean)

#Scotish #Gaelic #language #minoritylanguage

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/minority-language-protection-the-gaels-and-endangered-language-communities-tickets-1013536855017

I love randomly happening across Yiddish "in the wild." Just now on the NYC subway, the woman next to me was reading a Thomas the Tank Engine book to her toddler af Yidish. Which is to say... an English Thomas the Tank Engine book that had a Yiddish translation pasted into it, line by line, on thin strips of paper. 😃 #Yiddish #Mazeldon #Jews #Jewish #MinorityLanguage

https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2023/07/13/vlak-over-de-grens-wordt-het-kleinste-taaltje-van-europa-gesproken-het-saterfries-a4169656

#saterfries #fries #kleinetaal #minoritylanguage

@languagelovers

Today is the Kven people’s day, which I didn’t know, but my local café does. My grandmother descended from Kven immigrants, arriving with Sami herders from the Torne valley some 400 years ago. She never talked about it while she lived. Kven still has no official orthography, btw. #minorities #minoritylanguage