FOUNDATION)FOR)ENDANGERED)LANGUAGES) ) ! ! OGMIOS ! ! ! ! ) Some!of!the!priceless!holdings!of!the!archive!recordings!in!the!sound!archive!of!Pushkinskiy! Dom,!St.!Petersburg,!Russia.!More!about!the!television!film!exploring!this!archive!in!this! issue.!!! ! OGMIOS)Newsletter)47:)—)30)April)2012) ISSN)1471L0382))))))Editor:)Christopher)Moseley) ) Published!by:! Foundation)for)Endangered)Languages,) 172)Bailbrook)Lane,)) Bath)BA1)7AA,)England! OGMIOS)Newsletter)47) )30)April)2012! )Contact!the!Editor!at:! Assistant)Editor:) ))))))Adriano)Truscott)) Christopher)Moseley,)<[email protected]>) Contributing)Editors:) Roger)Blench,)Joseph)Blythe),) 9)Westdene)Crescent,)Caversham)Heights,) Serena)D’Agostino,)Christopher)Hadfield,)Francis)M) Hult,)Nicholas)Ostler,)Andrea)Ritter.) Reading)RG4)7HD,)England) ! International3Centre3for3Language3 1.! Editorial ...............................................................3! Revitalisation:3New3York3Symposium ................ 16! 2.! Development3of3the3Foundation..................3! ICLASP:3Extended3deadline..................................... 16! FEL3XVI3Conference:3Language3Endangerment3in3 Lyon3Summer3School:3documentation3and3 the321st3Century:3Globalisation,.3Technology3and3 revitalization ............................................................... 17! New3Media .......................................................................3! FEL3Manifesto..........................................................20! 3.! Endangered3Languages3in3the3News ..........4! 3 Australia:3HighLtech3bid3to3save3ancient3Top3End3 language,3Iwaidja ..........................................................4! Digital3tools3to3save3dying3languages.....................4! First3TV3series3to3focus3on3endangered3 languages:3Bob3Holman3On#the#Road......................5! Livonian3ABC3book3published3with3Estonian3and3 Latvian3schools’3help....................................................6! Udmurt3language3to3be3heard3on3Eurovision ......6! Guaraní3–3an3indigenous3language3with3unique3 staying3power.................................................................6! Latvian3voters3reject3Russian3as32nd3official3lang9! 1,0003people3ask3for3training3courses3in3 Sardinian3in3the3University3of3Sassari ...................9! ! Can3foreign3speakers3help3Irish3to3survive? ........9! 4.! Appeals,3News3and3Views3from3 Endangered3Communities..................................11! Indigenous3peoples3ask3Chilean3government3to3 officially3recognise3their3languages..................... 11! Appeal3from3Circassian3Ubykhs............................ 12! Te3Kōkō3Tātākī33L3journal3of3Māori3studies........ 13! Terralingua3ELnews3issue315.................................. 13! The3last3strains3of3a3language:3TV3film................ 13! 6.! Obituaries.........................................................13! In3memoriam3Ülo3Sirk3(1935L2011) ................... 13! 7.! Publications,3Book3Reviews.......................14! ! New3collection3of3articles3on3the3topic3of3 Kathmandu3 structures,3 and3 Newari3 poetess3 Yukta3 BaL multilingualism3and3the3Internet......................... 14! jracharya3–3two3clips3from3Bob3Holman’s3On#the#Road. Endangered3Human3Diversity:3Languages,3 Cultures,3Epistemologies......................................... 15! 8.3! Places3to3go3on3the3Web..............................15! People3are3knowledge.............................................. 15! 9.! Forthcoming3events......................................16! Ogmios 47 30 April 2012 3 ! In+this+world,+everything+is+becoming+increasingly+‘me@ diatised’,+with+the+Web+allowing+all+of+us+to+be+publishers+ 1. Editorial+ and+social+media+enabling+everyone+to+be+agents+of+pub@ Again+ I+ have+ to+ appeal+ for+ your+ indulgence+ for+ the+ late+ lic+ communication;+ from+ phone+ to+ Facebook+ and+ from+ appearance+ of+ this+ issue.+ Our+Foundation+operates+on+a+ SMS+text+to+Twitter.++What+was+once+the+language+of+pri@ voluntary+basis,+as+we’re+a+charity,+and+the+pressures+of+ vate+ sphere+ is+ now+ more+ and+ more+ very+ likely+ to+ take+ earning+a+living+to+sustain+this+charitable+activity+some@ place+in+a+more+public+one+e.g.+the+Facebook/Bebo+arena,+ times+get+in+the+way+of+the+best+will+in+the+world.+Thanks+ in+an+exchange+of+written+messages+as+we+perform+our+ as+always+to+our+contributory+editors+for+supplying+ma@ relationships+ with+ each+ other+ in+ front+ of+ a+ perceived+ terial+for+publication:+the+world+of+endangered+languages+ audience.+ The+ private,+ intimate,+ oral+ domains+ that+ have+ is+a+vast+one,+and+many+pairs+of+eyes+are+needed+to+peep+ traditionally+ been+ the+ base+ of+ endangered+ languages+ in+ into+its+interesting+corners.+Can+I+appeal+to+our+read@ the+face+of+hostility+in+the+public+sphere+are+being+opened++ ers+for+more+articles+and+copy+for+ future+ issues+ of+ up+to+more+public+modes+of+communication+with+literacy+ Ogmios?+Especially+welcome+are+book+reviews+and+ma@ as+an+important+currency.+We+need+to++ terial+ translated+ from+ other+ languages+ which+ we+ might+ ask:+ not+otherwise+get+to+hear+of+here+at+our+British+base.+++ \+What+will+the+linguistic+impact+of+this+shift+towards+the+ This+year’s+FEL+conference,+our+sixteenth,+is+the+furthest+ ‘mediatisation’+of+intimate+conversation+eventually+be+on+ we+have+yet+been+from+our+British+base,+in+New+Zealand.+ endangered+languages?+ Our+ hosts+ will+ be+ the+ Auckland+ University+ of+ Technol@ \+Will+we+see+new+patterns+of+‘digital+diglossia’,+leading+ ogy,+and+the+organisers+are+an+enthusiastic+team+headed+ to+ a+ decline+ in+ the+ previously+ private+ domains+ where+ it+ by+Dr.+Tania+Smith.+Fir+those+of+us+who+have+to+travel+a+ used+ to+ be+ ‘safe’,+ ‘acceptable’,+ ‘not+ controversial’,+ ‘natu@ long+ way+ to+ it,+ it+ promises+ to+ be+ worth+ the+ trip.+ Details+ ral’+to+use+the+minority+and+endangered+languages?+ are+published+in+the+next+section+below.+ \+How+do+technology+and+new+media+impact+on+endan@ Meanwhile+here+at+our+British+base,+FEL+has+had+a+pres@ gered+languages?+ ence,+as+always,+at+the+Open+Day+held+by+the+Hans+Raus@ However,+ globalisation+ can+ also+ be+ seen+ as+ a+ necessary+ ing+ Project+ and+ Endangered+Languages+Archive+at+the+ step+in+the+evolution+of+mankind,+ bearing+ the+ potential+ School+ of+ Oriental+ and+ African+ Studies,+ University+ of+ for+ growth,+ preservation+ of+ identity,+ fostering+ interde@ London.+ It+ is+ always+ a+ welcome+ event+ in+ our+ calendar,+ pendence+and+forging+new+cultural+hybrids.+ being+one+of+the+few+opportunities+for+our+foundation+to+ Or,+to+view+globalisation++positively,+can+technology+and+ show+its+public+and+visible+face.+ new+media+act+as+positive+and+transformative+catalysts+in+ Chris*Moseley++ safeguarding+endangered+languages?+ + Over+ the+ years,+ technology+ from+ the+ tape+ recorder+ to+ digital+archiving+has+become+increasingly+useful+and+has+ 2. Development+ of+ the+ been+ universally+ deployed+ in+ documentation+ of+ endan@ Foundation+ gered+ languages.+ What+ are+ the+ new+ possibilities+ in+ the+ 21st+century?+ FEL! XVI! Conference:! Language! \+How+can+technology+and+new+media+be+exploited+in+the+ following:+ Endangerment! in! the! 21st! Century:! o+the+teaching+and+learning+of+endangered+languages?+ Globalisation,.! Technology! and! New! o+material+development?+ Media! o+the+creation+of+new+opportunities+for+endangered+lan@ guages?+ ! o+the+creation+of+new+spaces+for+endangered+languages?++ The+XVI+Foundation+for+Endangered+Languages+Confer@ \+ How+ have+ the+ mass+ media+ (as+ radio,+ television),+ and+ ence+will+take+place+from+12th+to+the+15th+September,+ new+media+(as+mobile+phones,+the+internet)+affected+the+ 2012+in+Auckland,+Aotearoa/New+Zealand.+ image+ of+ endangered+ languages,+ or+ given+ them+ new+ Since+ the+ beginning+ of+ the+ millennium+ unprecedented+ voices?++ substantial+social+changes++have+been+taking+place+across+ \+ What+ potential+ do+ the+ creative+ industries+ have+ for+ en@ the+ world+ driven+ by+ technology,+ new+ media+ and+ social+ dangered+languages?+ media+networking.++ The+global+diffusion+of+ideas+and+values+linked+to+glob@ alisation+has+become+synonymous+with+the+weakening+of+ historical+ and+ traditional+ linguistic+ ties+ and+ their+ re@ placement+ by+ loose+ connections+ to+ consumerism+ and+ capitalism.+ + Old+ traditions+ perish+ and+ new+ ones+ evolve.+ Ogmios 47 30 April 2012 4 3. Endangered+ Languages+ in+ Globalisation+ is+ usually+ blamed,+ but+ some+ elements+ of+ the+ `modern+ world`,+ especially+ digital+ technology,+ are+ the+News+ pushing+back+against+the+tide.+ Australia:! HighGtech! bid! to! save! North+ American+ tribes+ use+ social+ media+ to+ re@engage+ ancient!Top!End!language! their+young,+for+example.+ By*Jano*Gibson,*from*abc.net.au*news,*17*January*2012* Tuvan,+ an+ indigenous+ tongue+ spoken+ by+ nomadic+ peo@ Researchers+are+developing+a+mobile+phone+application+ ples+in+Siberia+and+Mongolia,+even+has+an+iPhone+app+to+ in+an+effort+to+help+save+an+ancient+Aboriginal+language+ teach+the+pronunciation+of+words+to+new+students.+ that+is+close+to+being+lost+forever.+ The+language+of+Iwaidja+is+thousands+of+years+old+but+on+ `Small+languages+are+using+social+media,+YouTube,+text+ Croker+Island+in+the+Top+End+only+about+150+people+still+ messaging+ and+ various+ technologies+ to+ expand+ their+ speak+it.+ voice+ and+ expand+ their+ presence,`+ said+ K+ David+ Harri@ Iwaidja+is+one+of+about+50+known+Aboriginal+languages+ son,+an+associate+professor+of+linguistics+at+Swarthmore+ of+Arnhem+Land+in+the+Northern+Territory.+ College+and+a+National+Geographic+Fellow.+