Hello linguists!
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As for our event: We’re taking on one of the most urgent topics in our field: language revitalization. Join us for a conversation about the challenges, successes, and strategies involved in helping endangered languages thrive again.
📅 Event Details
📍 When: Thursday, March 20, 6:30 PM
📍 Where: 10 Washington Pl, Room 104
🍴Light snacks provided!
The format will be a short recap of the sources and issues, followed by small group discussions around questions posted in the folder. Finally, we’ll talk about three case studies together—specifically, Hawai’ian, Welsh, and Hebrew. By the end we’ll have looked at a range of revitalization efforts from around the world, featuring different approaches—from grassroots language nests to cutting-edge AI applications.
🔍 Prepare for the Conversation
- Introductory video: April Charlo’s TED Talk on the stakes of language revitalization.
- Want to go further? Watch “Indigenous Language Revitalization Strategies” by X̱’unei Twitchell.
- Further reading: Summaries and additional sources on ethics, policy, and community-driven revitalization can be found in this folder.
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All best,
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NYU League of Linguistics 
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