http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MINEL/ The future of our linguistic diversity Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:24:31 GMT Don Osborn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MINEL/message/540 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MINEL/message/540 FYI (from the ILAT list) From: Indigenous Languages and Technology [mailto:ILAT@...] On Behalf Of Dave Pearson Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:40:54 GMT Don Osborn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MINEL/message/539 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MINEL/message/539 Two international conferences later this month relating to localization and multilingual uses of information and communication technology (ICT) bear Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:36:07 GMT Don Osborn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MINEL/message/538 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MINEL/message/538 Two international conferences later this month relating to localization and multilingual uses of information and communication technology (ICT) bear Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:35:21 GMT Don Osborn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MINEL/message/537 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MINEL/message/537 FYI (seen on the Marga list [Songhay language(s) group])… Gaeilgeoirí better at maths in Irish Native Irish-speaking maths students may not be displaying Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:35:06 GMT Don Osborn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MINEL/message/536 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MINEL/message/536 FYI (seen on the Marga list [Songhay language(s) group])… Gaeilgeoirí better at maths in Irish Native Irish-speaking maths students may not be displaying Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:45:46 GMT Don Osborn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MINEL/message/535 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MINEL/message/535 Thanks for this feedback. However I wonder if the kind of split approach you mention - involving a kind of hierarchy in which languages have different Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:54:49 GMT Don Osborn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MINEL/message/534 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MINEL/message/534 In such a case cases where public education aimed at behavioral change is involved, I'm curious to know whether any of the first languages of the target Sun, 16 Aug 2009 12:02:59 GMT Don Osborn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MINEL/message/533 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MINEL/message/533 FYI, from the TK Bulletin blog at http://tkbulletin.wordpress.com/2009/08/11/this-week-in-review-saving-indige nous-languages-in-australia/ This week in Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:41:34 GMT Don Osborn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MINEL/message/532 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MINEL/message/532 Nice to see some perspective on what sometimes appears to the outside observer to be a runaway English fever. Not sure what to make of the notion of resentment Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:06:33 GMT Don Osborn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MINEL/message/531 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MINEL/message/531 FYI, from http://translation-blog.trustedtranslations.com/the-world-banks-language-pol icy-2009-07-06.html (link seen on Twitter) The World Bank's Language Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:14:10 GMT Don Osborn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MINEL/message/530 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MINEL/message/530 What would be the two or three references you would give to a non-specialist in language/linguistics to support the position that the mother tongue is an Tue, 26 May 2009 15:41:25 GMT Don Osborn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MINEL/message/529 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MINEL/message/529 FYI: Jay Walker on the world's English mania http://on.ted.com/O (via @kevindonovan & @tedtalks on Twitter.com) _______________________________________________ Sun, 03 May 2009 12:28:31 GMT Harold Schiffman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MINEL/message/528 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MINEL/message/528 Irish language activist dumps on Sinn Fein? FORMER L? Nua journalist Gear?id ? Caireall?in is yet another Andytown News republican unimpressed with Sinn Sun, 03 May 2009 12:26:21 GMT Harold Schiffman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MINEL/message/527 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MINEL/message/527 [Mod. note: This includes mention of policies relating to Native American languages] Common sense and a clear direction Story Published: Feb 6, 2009 Story Sun, 12 Apr 2009 15:35:50 GMT Don Osborn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MINEL/message/526 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MINEL/message/526 This is a noteworthy development, but the fact it is news says something too. It will be interesting to see if there will be more "south to north" and "south