As we close out the year 2021, I’d like to catch up and look ahead at a number of UN calendar observances. Seven of those are International Years: 4 that are coming to a close; 2 that will begin next …
Category Archives: language
International Decade of Indigenous Languages!
In these waning weeks of the International Year of Indigenous Languages (IYIL2019), on a day that happens to also be observed as Arabic Language Day, the UN General Assembly ratified the resolution of its Third Committee (7 Nov. 2019), …
“MEI,” “MIEL,” or “MINEL” languages?
As the proposal for an International Decade of Indigenous Languages moves toward consideration by the UN General Assembly,1 I’d like to return to an old discussion about ways of referring to a broader set of languages – including but …
LUL’d awake
Researching some details for a forthcoming post, I ran across a number of acronyms, several of which are used mainly in Europe, describing languages disadvantaged in terms of numbers of speakers (often referred to as minority languages), profile in …
Inclusion, Mobility & Multilingual Education Conference, 24-26/9/2019
The 13th biennial Language and Development Conference (LDC) will be held in conjunction with the 6th International Conference on Language and Education in Bangkok, Thailand later this month (24-26 September 2019). The theme of this joint event is conveyed in …
International Decade of Indigenous Languages?
As we look beyond the current International Year of Indigenous Languages (IYIL2019), it is interesting to note a proposal for continuing that effort as an International Decade, 2020-2030 (IDIL). In this post, I’ll share at what information I have found …