... re languages spoken in the US.

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(The trailer is terrible by the way, nothing like the tone of the actual film)

I though this film ight interest people here. I'd wanted to see it since I'd heard of its existence, but not got round to it until today, but it was definitely worth the wait. Gruff Rhys from the Super Furry Animals saw a singer on Welsh tv in the 70s who used to go ( Read more... )

I'm a native English speaker* trying to learn Hindi on my own, without an institutional course -- I'd love one, mind you, but there aren't any that are affordable in the Bay Area (California, USA). You'd think there would be -- the South Bay has a huge community of South Asian immigrants. But all that exists are a few "heritage" learning classes ( Read more... )

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/28/inuit-inughuit-eskimo-polar-arctic

Hi everyone, this is my first time posting here but I've been lurking and reading for a long time. I'm a student at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, currently completing a BA with a double major in linguistics and psychology. My primary interest is language endangerment and language revitalisation ( Read more... )

Just read an interesting article in the International Herald Tribune: "Belgium teeters on a linguistic edge." It's a little long to post the full text, but it makes for an interesting read.

Liedekerke has only 12,000 inhabitants, but its elected council has caused a stir by insisting on the "Flemish nature" of the town. Not only must all city ( Read more... )

I hope advertising another (relevant) community is allowed in this community. If not, please accept my apologies and feel free to delete this.

dailycharacter posts one new Chinese character each day (traditional and simplified forms are both given, if they differ), along with its pronunciation, sample words it occurs in, etymology and (sometimes) supplemental ( Read more... )