August 2015

31 August Sydney Park wetlands to be named in Aboriginal language to commemorate history Inner West Courier

31 August Zimbabwe: seeking renaissance through language AllAfrica

31 August Education NGO wants business courses to promote indigenous languages eNCA

31 August One LaaS thing: building the Indian Internet in vernacular languages by Sahil Kini Your Story

31 August Should Africa speak Mandarin? Zim Daily

31 August A Korean identity by Esther Felden DW

31 August Ja-Li-Si Pittman crowned 2015-16 Miss Cherokee Cherokee Nation

31 August Africa: We need new names by Jera AllAfrica

30 August Taal used to disadvantage non-speakers by Khaye Nkwanyana Sunday Independent

29 August Tribes hold historic meeting at Red Clay by Scott McKie Cherokee One Feather

28 August Pan-Arctic summit recommends Roman orthography for the Inuit language by Steve Ducharme Nunatsiaq Online

28 August Tsuut’ina Nation returns to original name to preserve culture and language CBC News

28 August Linguistic discrimination by Garga Chatterjee The Echo of India

27 August To hear history: High-tech project will restore recorded Native Americans voices by Chelsea Leu Cal Alumni Association UC Berkeley

27 August Creative Scotland pushing for revival of Scots language by Mure Dickie The Irish Times

26 August Igiugig awarded large grant for Yup'ik revitalization effort by Dave Bendinger KDLG

26 August Atausiq Inuktut Titirausiq: delegates ponder one written Inuit language by Steve Ducharme Nunatsiaq Online

26 August Peirone Prize winner: Jessie Isadore by Chey Scott Inlander

26 August Treasuring lessons of language deep in the Amazon by Christopher Marinelli Hartford Courant

25 August Preserving Australia’s Aboriginal languages Language Magazine

25 August CUK V-C for preservation of language, culture and ethos Scoop News

25 August Seven tribal literature authors felicitated by Tata Steel Avenue Mail

25 August Filipino is no longer Tagalog by Buwan Ng Wika Inquirer.net

25 August Scholars hope to save ethnic VN languages Viet Nam News

24 August Grant given to preserve Chamorro tradition by Jerick Sablan Pacific Daily News

23 August Tackling the Maltese language crisis by Roderick Bovingdon TimesofMalta.com

23 August Two of these will boost your brain power by Emma Manser The New Daily

23 August Reviving endangered languages in Bangladesh by Saifur Rashid The Financial Express

23 August US interns heading here to document language Solomon Star

22 August Original teachings and worldviews by Vivian Delgado The Bemidji Pioneer

22 August National Post view: A new dawn for Aboriginal education? National Post

22 August Empowered communities: indigenous kids with a twinkle in their eyes by Rick Morton The Australian

21 August The physicist who’s saving the music by Hannah Bloch The Wall Street Journal

21 August The sacred Navajo language: one of sacrifice and strength by Pamalita Paloma Alioto Sangre de Cristo Chronicle

21 August Outlander Gaelic coach saves rare Dalriada dialect The Scotsman

21 August Macanese Patois Macauhub

21 August For the Smithsonian, language is worth a million bucks by David Montgomery The Orange County Register

21 August Mexico’s constitution translated into Mayan to avoid more tragedies by Rick Kearns Indian Country

20 August Racing to record Indigenous languages under attack from ‘onslaught of English’ by Monica Tan The Guardian

20 August Announces significant federal funding for native language immersion program at Sitting Bull College by Patricia Williams Political News

20 August ‘Navajo’ and other Indian names by Marc Simmons D Chieftain

20 August Researchers work to preserve richness of Indigenous languages by Clare Sibthorpe Sydney Morning Herald

20 August Heitkamp announces significant federal funding for native language immersion program at Sitting Bull College PoliticalNews.me

20 August Endangered Indigenous languages to be recorded in dictionaries by Australian National University ABC Online

20 August European Commission confident Croatia will honour minority rights dalje.com

20 August Improve indigenous languages first by Nokulunga Ngobese News24

19 August Argentina creates Indigenous film school Telesurtv

19 August Talking the lingo in Rio: Chatting with your new Southern Quechua speaking friends about football by Laura Hale ParaSport News

19 August Let’s understand each other first by Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya The Mercury

19 August Cow Creek Tribe teaches itself to speak again by Scott Greenstone NRtoday

19 August Proudly multilingual by Michael L. Tan Philippine Daily Inquirer

18 August Firms banned from advertising in Welsh on Twitter by Lydia Morris Daily Post

18 August HHS announces new funding to preserve native languages and strengthen early childhood development and tribal courts EIN News

18 August Alaska Humanities Forum launches online resource to preserve native languages by Samantha Angaiak 2KTUU

18 August Ancient whistling language challenges scientific understanding of how we comprehend communication 9news

18 August ANC plans to reopen colleges by Amy Musgrave IOL News

18 August In bid to foster Iranian nationalism, Tehran launches first-ever Kurdish language program by Gelavizh Hemmat BolandPour Al-Monitor

18 August This Peruvian girl’s Michael Jackson cover will make you want to learn the dying language of Quechua by Nidhi Prakash Fusion

18 August Smithsonian gets $1.2M gift to sustain endangered languages CBS Baltimore

17 August Time to study Ilokano lessons by Chris Quilpa Suffolk News-Herald

16 August Meet the Canadian saving rare languages by Fatima Arkin The Star

16 August Learning in ‘Urdish’ The Nation

14 August Northern Arapaho language camp wrapped up Wednesday at St. Stephens County 10

14 August Indigenous language dev and the African child by Baridorn Sika The Tide

13 August Creole manual to better serve Haitian community by Alley Olivier Caribbean Life

13 August Ranafast Gaeltacht in Donegal fights Irish language decline by Kevin Sharkey BBC News

12 August Tribal language books introduced to check dropout in Odisha The Times of India

12 August Kenya: Our vernacular languages good for the country by Mbugua Ngoroge All Africa

12 August Language program adopts new curriculum by Will Phinney East Oregonian

11 August Navajo language decision represents paradigm shift by Laurel Morales KNPR

10 August Tibet: New apps helping Tibetans stay connected with their culture by Reetika Revathy Subramanian Hindustan Times

10 August Microsoft Translator App For Android And iOS Is Best For Use On-The-Go by Ankita Katdare Crazy Engineers

10 August Preservation of Endangered Languages of Bangladesh LAHRA by Towhid Bin Muzaffar The Daily Star

10 August Endangered apes reveal roots of human language by Darwin Malicdem International Business Times

10 August Feature: Mexico's indigenous languages weakening with every generation Xinhua Global Post

9 August Kuki Airani: Fighting to save an endangered language by Tim Glasgow Radio New Zealand

9 August UW builds largest digital library of Sephardic language by Nina Shapiro The Seattle Times

9 August Making the culture and language of Peru’s Nomatsigenga people accessible and enduring by Gabriela Garcia Calderon Orbe Global Voices

9 August NBT to work for reviving dying NE languages Nyoooz

9 August Britain: Through correcting my parents' English, I realised how unnecessary it is to be fluent by Rachel Shabi Independant

9 August Alaska: Immersive Tlingit language program held in Sitka KTUU

7 August Taking pride in local languages by Jesse Pizarro Boga Minda News 

7 August Be proud of your township lingo, says expert by Ahmed Areff News 24

7 August Without their native tongue, Utes fear for loss of souls by Tobie Baker The Durango Herald

6 August Five languages that have returned from the brink by Pieta Woolley UC Observer

6 August Markin Rudin: Idaho linguists aid communication, help preserve languages by Mark Rudin Idaho Statesman

5 August Bilingual Mexico constitutio: Spanish-Mayan translation complete after years by Sarah Berger International Business Times

4 August Rediscovering the Judeo-Spanish language by Benjamin Ivry Forward

4 August Vulnerable indigenous languages focus of UAlberta summer school by Angelique Rodrigues UAlberta

3 August John Key rapped over disputed claim he said Maori language month would be ‘boring’ by Jo Moir Stuff.co.nz

3 August Indigenous language: Balochi dictionary formally launched The Express Tribune

3 August One man’s quest to preserve Abenaki language by Jane Lindholm & Erin Lucey VPR

3 August Vital Hurkou: Native language is necessary self-identification for any nation Chapter’97

3 August Going, going, gone: endangered languages by Jane Lindholm & Erin Lucey VPR

2 August Bolivia recognises workers for mastery of native languages by Carlos Valdez Yahoo News

2 August Are dialects dying out? by Christina Chin Asia One 20

2 August A new beginning for education at Isleta Pueblo by Ryan Boetal Albuquerque Journal

2 August More than 100 languages are spoken in Edmonton with non-English homes mostly in the north and south by Rachel Ward Edmonton Journal