The 11th observation of International Mother Language Day takes place today. There are some events that follow in the next couple of days and I’ll post on those separately.
…International Decade of Languages proposed
There has been some formal discussion of the idea of an International Decade of Languages at UNESCO‘s General Conference this month in Paris. On 8 October, the representative of Austria, Dr. Claudia Schmied, “welcomed” a proposal apparently …
A Vienna bicyclist – epilogue
After 8 months of regular and sometimes intensive bicycling in and around Vienna – even through the cold months of winter – my number came up: I was hit at about 7:30 a.m. on April 28 by a car making …
International Mother Language Day 2009 concludes International Year of Langauges
The tenth International Mother Language Day (IMLD) today, 21 Feb. 2009, marks the end of the International Year of Languages (IYL).
As part of the observation of IMLD and the ending of IYL, a revised version of the UNESCO Atlas …
2009 Linguapax Prize winner: Katerina Te Heikoko Mataira
Maori language activist, educator and author Katerina Te Heikoko Mataira of New Zealand (or Aotearoa as it is known in Maori) is the recipient of the 2009 Linguapax Prize (source, Hispanidad press agency). She has been active for 30 years …
Reflections of a Vienna bicyclist
For various reasons, I’ve been doing a lot of bicycling over the last few months in Vienna. No, not that Vienna (dream on), rather the one in Virginia, not too far from Washington, D.C. This has me thinking about …