ON THE NET -- Teaching Indigenous Languages: An Essential Reference.(Brief...

Language, Learning & Technology;  May 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......grew out of a series of symposia on indigenous languages that began in 1994. The goals of...effectively American Indian and other indigenous languages in and out of the classroom; * to...teaching American Indian and other indigenous languages; and * to disseminate through the...

Why pupils could be taught Urdu instead of French.

The Daily Mail (London, England);  June 3, 2002 ;     399 words ......educationalists fear this would sideline European languages and increase teachers' workloads...languages the same importance as the main European languages. The motion suggests that Albanian...some schools could decide to drop European languages for the new subjects. 'I would have...

Mugabe Urges Development of National Languages

Xinhua English Newswire;  July 17, 1997 ;     241 words ......today called for the development of indigenous languages, saying this is vital of enhancing...Languages Association here, said indigenous languages should be used in all social, political...and functional capacity of our indigenous languages.'' ''Failing to achieve this will...

Experts worried about 'genocide' of African languages.(News)

Pretoria News (South Africa);  July 10, 2006 ;     415 words ......the genocide of certain African indigenous languages in South Africa. This follows recent...are reluctant to include African indigenous languages as part of their curriculum. Wits...the protection and promotion of indigenous languages. Watson presented a case study of...

Stabilizing Indigenous Languages

Bilingual Research Journal;  April 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ...Cantoni, G., (Ed). (1996). Stabilizing Indigenous Languages. Flagstaff, Arizona: Northern Arizona...Littlebear in the preface to Stabilizing Indigenous Languages. He poetically writes about the...proved to be increasingly elusive as indigenous languages in the Americas and elsewhere ...

CAREER BID FOR ASIANS; Girls rarely studying languages.(News)

Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  April 25, 2002 ;     312 words ......Midlands are to be encouraged to take up European languages in the hope of widening their career...dissuading some girls from studying modern European languages. A university spokesman added that...encourage more young people to study European languages. It will include the views of ...

Languages 'dying through neglect'.(News)

The Mercury (South Africa);  July 7, 2006 ;     575 words ......about the genocide of some African indigenous languages in South Africa. This follows case...the protection and promotion of indigenous languages and, if deprived of learning their...had policies promoting the use of indigenous languages in schools, but implementation of...

CULTURE-VENEZUELA: 31 INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES NOW OFFICIAL

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  June 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......signed this week, which make the indigenous languages and intercultural education official...that the decrees making Venezuela's indigenous languages official have set a standard for...the oral and written traditions of indigenous languages spoken in the country and their...

Nigerian gov't urged to revive indigenous languages

Xinhua News Agency;  August 4, 2006 ;     269 words ...Nigerian gov't urged to revive indigenous languages LAGOS, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- The Nigerian...government on Thursday was urged to offer indigenous languages courses in university to revive...compulsory teaching and learning of indigenous languages in universities. At the workshop...

A social prehistory of European languages.

Antiquity;  December 1, 1993 ;     700+ words ......will present a prehistory of the European languages based on rather different premisses...relatively sophisticated models of Indo-European languages have been proposed, relating them...outline a hypothetical prehistory of European languages, as their evolution may have been...

Preserving Native languages

Raven's Eye;  March 31, 2005 ;     457 words ......will gather at the annual Canadian Indigenous Languages and Literacy Development Institute...loss and potential extinction of Indigenous languages in Canada. "Well, the risks are...mean the average age of speakers of Indigenous languages in Canada is in their 50s or higher...

Zimbabweans urged to write in indigenous languages

Xinhua News Agency;  August 7, 2006 ;     157 words ...Zimbabweans urged to write in indigenous languages HARARE, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Zimbabwe...called for promotion of writing in indigenous languages to improve the culture of reading...government should encourage writing in indigenous languages, because there was not enough literature...

Mozambique to introduce indigenous languages in schools

Xinhua News Agency;  March 10, 2006 ;     129 words ...Mozambique to introduce indigenous languages in schools LUANDA, March...has decided to introduce indigenous languages as a means of instruction...country's more than 16 indigenous languages. The current monopoly...

to Broadcast in Indigenous Languages

Xinhua News Agency;  July 31, 2000 ;     102 words ......television news bulletins in indigenous languages from October 1, the Namibian...10 p.m. news bulletins in indigenous languages had been scheduled for August...languages. Namibia has around 11 indigenous languages.

Kazuko Obata.(RESEARCH PROGRAM)

Australian Aboriginal Studies;  September 22, 2007 ;     202 words ......the AUSTLANG (web-based Australian Indigenous languages database) project. The initial compilation...tentative classification of Australian Indigenous languages, based on previous research, and...project at the Puliima National Indigenous Languages Information Communication ...