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Endangered Languages Project

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Sharing knowledge and building international networks to support language revitalization and documentation. https://endangeredlanguages.com

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · Nov 18

Hello, Bluesky! We’re happy to be here! We’d like to introduce ourselves:

The Endangered Languages Project (ELP) is an organization supporting revitalization, reclamation, documentation, and advocacy of Indigenous, minoritized, and endangered languages all over the world.

How do we do that? 🧵

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Lingthusiasm @lingthusiasm.bsky.social · 20d

There are many highs and lows in linguistic research: from tones going up and down to emotional highs and lows like a wedding and a war

In this episode we get enthusiastic about fieldwork in Babanki with Dr. Pius Akumbu

108: Highs and lows of tone in Babanki - Interview with Pius Akumbu

Linguistic research has its highs and lows: from staging a traditional wedding to learn about ceremonial words to having your efforts to found a village school disrupted by civil war. Linguistic resea

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 21d

Thank you so much for the kind words - and for your work to promote Gaeilge! 💚

Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 21d

For the seventh and final share-a-thon challenge, we’re inviting you to share something from the new ELP site on social media, and tag #ELPLaunch!

Colorful flyer with text: “CHALLENGE 7:
SHARE WITH YOUR NETWORKS
September 17
For the seventh and final Share-a-thon challenge, we're inviting everyone to share something from the ELP website on your social media pages. Whether it's the page for your language, a revitalization program, a resource, a story, or another link from the ELP site - just add #ELPLaunch to the post to be entered to win!
We'll randomly select one person who tags #ELPLaunch in the next 24 hours to win an ELP t-shirt!”

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 23d

For the fifth share-a-thon challenge, we’re inviting you to share about your language revitalization programs! endangeredlanguages.com/add-revitali...

Teal and beige flyer with text: “CHALLENGE 5:
CONTRIBUTE A REVITALIZATION PROGRAM
September 15
For the fifth Share-a-thon challenge, we're inviting everyone to contribute a revitalization program to our directory. This is as simple as submitting information about a program you're involved with!
endangeredlanguages.com/add-revitalization-program
We'll randomly select one person who submits a new program in the next 24 hours to win!”

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 24d

The fourth share-a-thon challenge: add a language-related event happening anywhere in the world (or online)! endangeredlanguages.com/add-event

Maroon and green flyer with text: “CHALLENGE 4:
CONTRIBUTE AN EVENT
September 14
For the fourth Share-a-thon challenge, we're inviting everyone to contribute a language-related event to our calendar. This is as quick as submitting information through the online form below.
endangeredlanguages.com/add-event
We'll randomly select one person who submits a new event in the next 24 hours to win!”

Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 25d

For the third Share-a-thon challenge, we’re inviting you to contribute information about a language! endangeredlanguages.com/submit-langu...

Colorful blue and orange flyer with text: “Challenge 3: contribute language info, September 13. For the third Share-a-thon challenge, we're inviting everyone to contribute language information. This is as easy as submitting a new source of information about an endangered language.
endangeredlanguages.com/submit-language-information
We'll randomly select one person who submits a new source in the next 24 hours to win!” At the top is a screenshot of ELP’s language map, and at the bottom is a picture of a green ELP t-shirt.

Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 26d

Today’s Share-a-thon challenge: contribute a resource to the collaborative resource library! endangeredlanguages.com/share-resource

Colorful yellow and maroon flyer with text: “For the second Share-a-thon challenge, we're inviting everyone to contribute a resource to our collaborative library. This is as simple as submitting a link to a video, website, document or any other resources related to language revitalization or Indigenous and endangered languages. Share a resource at:
endangeredlanguages.com/share-resource
We'll randomly select one person who submits a new resource in the next 24 hours to win an ELP t-shirt!”

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First Peoples' Cultural Council @fpcc.ca · 27d

The United Nations General Assembly declared 2022-32 the International Decade of Indigenous Languages and invited Indigenous peoples to initiate ideas. 💫

Here are 10 goals 📝 proposed by FPCC: fpcc.ca/stories/the-decade-of-indigenous-languages

#IDIL #DecadeofIndigenousLanguages

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 27d

For the first Share-a-thon challenge, we’re inviting everyone to create a profile on the new ELP site! endangeredlanguages.com/user/register

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 28d

Join us for a week of celebration at ELP! 🎉

From Sept. 11-18, we're hosting a share-a-thon. Each day, we'll post a challenge for ways you can get involved and contribute - and you could win an ELP t-shirt!

On Sept. 19, join us for an online launch celebration! Register at bit.ly/ELP-launch

Colorful flyer with text: "Participate in the share-a-thon! We invite everyone to get involved with the new ELP platform. For the next 7 days leading up to our launch event, we’re posting daily challenges for you to engage with the new website. Win an ELP t-shirt - one raffle winner daily!"

At the top is a screenshot of the revitalization map from the new ELP website. At the bottom is an image of a green ELP t-shirt with an abstract design of two people, filled with leaves and flowers, speaking in front of trees and mountains.

Colorful flyer with text: "Join us to celebrate - free online launch event! Join the Endangered Languages Project (ELP) as we celebrate the launch of our new website: a global space to connect, learn, collaborate, and share around language revitalization. Register here: http://bit.ly/ELP-launch"

At the top is a screenshot of the homepage map from the new ELP website. At the bottom is an illustration of a wolf, a laptop, and a leaf.

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 29d

🎊 We warmly invite you to join us on September 19 at 10:00am Pacific for an online celebration of this new space. We’ll share about some of the ways you can get involved, find support, and build connections across borders to support your language work.

Register here: bit.ly/ELP-launch

Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 29d

Announcing the new ELP! 🎉⁠ A redesigned online space to:

🌱 Strengthen language revitalization worldwide⁠
🗣️ Share knowledge and stories⁠
💡 Find learning resources, guidance, and ideas for your language work⁠
🌏️ Connect across borders and boundaries⁠
💬 All in 9 languages!⁠

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · Aug 25

🌱 Something exciting is coming...

If you were at the WAVES conference, you already got a sneak peek.

Keep your eyes on endangeredlanguages.com, starting September 9. 👀

Illustration of blue and red hills with a bird flying over them. Text reads “something exciting is coming September 9”.

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First Peoples' Cultural Council @fpcc.ca · Aug 21

Are you looking for a language revitalization mentor? Our friends at ELP offer a FREE program that connects you with an expert that has knowledge and experience revitalizing their own language.

📅 Schedule a meeting with a mentor experienced language revitalizer at: endangeredlanguages.com/mentors

Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · May 9

Did you know that ELP offers a FREE Language Revitalization Mentors program?

Anyone who’s working to revitalize their language, wanting to get started, or curious about language revitalization, can talk one-on-one with experienced language revitalizers and scholars.

endangeredlanguages.com/mentors

Green flyer with text: How can ELP's Language Revitalization Mentors support you?
Guidance and advice from experienced language revitalizers
Connections to people and programs around the world
Help finding useful resources
Encouragement from people who understand the work
Empathetic listeners to talk through your challenges

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · Aug 21

Job alert at UC Berkeley!

Patricia Baquedano-López @pbaquedano-lopez.bsky.social · Aug 20

Please help circulate widely!
Assistant Professor (T-T) UC Berkeley, Language Revitalization. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05022
Seeking candidates with research specialization in language revitalization and a broad intellectual engagement in linguistics and related fields @soclinganth.bsky.social

Assistant Professor - Language Revitalization - Linguistics

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

aprecruit.berkeley.edu

Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · Aug 21

Around the world, people and communities are working to reclaim and revitalize their languages.

In “A Stream of Voices”, communities explore some of the methods and approaches they’re using—and the lessons they wish to share in keeping their languages vital and strong.

Read them all at:

A Stream of Voices

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · Aug 21

What is it like to reclaim your language from a centuries-old book?

In the sixth installment of “A Stream of Voices”, Antônio Jorge Madeira Batista Silva explores his lifelong relationship with a dictionary of his language, Krenak, written in 1909.

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Text: "Every morning, I would pour myself a cup of coffee and sit by the balcony, letting Tepó (the sun) shine on the pages that flipped through my fingers. I would land my right index at a word and, for the rest of the day, try to use it as many times as I could.
I learned to treat the little yellow book as a relative, forming a bond of kin with the text, my ancestors, and Bruno."

Next to the text is a black and white photo of a Krenak woman with three children, including the author’s grandmother.

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Gerald Roche @geraldroche.bsky.social · Aug 1

Please watch this video from Sudanese linguist Esraa Alrasheed, in which she relates her experience of war & displacement, and describes the profound psychological impacts they have, and how this impacts language maintenance and revitalization. Via @e-l-p.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlvx...

Voice of an Eagle

YouTube video by Endangered Languages Project

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · Aug 21

Hi Steve - we’re happy to connect you with folks we know who might be able to help. Could you reach out to [email protected] ?

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First Peoples' Cultural Council @fpcc.ca · Jul 28

In 2024, our friends at #ELP hosted a digital storytelling workshop called “We Are Our Languages.”

10 language champions from 9 countries created powerful short films about reclaiming, documenting and revitalizing their languages.

Baobao Chimi shares the story of his community in Eastern Tibet.

Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · Apr 2

"Someone may one day look back and find strength in the fragments we leave behind."

In this powerful video, Baobao Chimi (Minyag, Eastern Tibet) shares the story of his struggles to keep his language alive amidst the crises and pressures changing his village, and where hope can still be found.

From Sheep to Words: The Vanishing Voice of Minyag

YouTube video by Endangered Languages Project

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · Jul 23

You can find all the stories, and introductions from the storytellers, on our YouTube channel:

We Are Our Languages - 2024 Digital Storytelling Workshop

YouTube video by Endangered Languages Project

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · Jul 23

This story was created during the 2024 "We Are Our Languages" digital storytelling workshop, organized by the Endangered Languages Project and facilitated by StoryCenter (@storycenter.org)

This is the eighth of the stories we have shared - more will be coming in the following weeks.

Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · Jul 2

"Regardless of where I am, I am Nyungwe in body and soul, with my feet planted in Tete and my head hovering in the global air."

In this story, Mozambican linguist Sisito Matete reflects on how his language is inseparable from food, land, well-being, and identity - and how all these things can heal.

MAKHALIDWE YA MACIRIRO (The Culture of Living)

YouTube video by Endangered Languages Project

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · Jul 23

"I often imagined my mother and father mending the wounds of their own hearts with the thread of our language."

In this moving story, Mandeep Dhillon reflects on the choice to raise her son in Punjabi and Mè'phàà, and how language carries memory, meaning, and family across distance and time.

Thread of Five Waters

YouTube video by Endangered Languages Project

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Terralingua.Langscape @terralingua.bsky.social · Jul 18

🌍 Call for Stories — Langscape Vol. 15

Theme: “Unity in Biocultural Diversity: A Different World is Possible”

We’re seeking creative contributions that explore how unity in diversity can shape a better future. Written, visual, or auditory — your story matters.

🔗 bit.ly/CfSLS15

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · Jul 16

Agradecemos a/we thank:
🎨 René Oswaldo González Pizarro (diseño/design)
🖌️ Nicaela León (@phuyu.bsky.social) (ilustraciones/illustration)
💬 Lizzet Terceros, Tzintia Montaño, Yazmín Novelo (traducción/translation)