Language Tidbits

I came across two really interesting articles today. I shall briefly describe them, for the sake of time (I nee to be awake in sub-9 hours).

1. ISN: A very interesting story about Nicaraguan deaf children who, having never learned any formal language, when brought together naturally created Nicaraguan Sign Language. It parallels much of what was talked in class, plus it sheds light on language acquisition theories.

2. Liet-Lavlut: Recently held for the third year in Östersund, Sweden, it is the only international music contest for minority languages. Among the languages represented at this year’s event include Furlanic, Occitan, Votic, and Meänkieli. If this gets greater international attention, perhaps language revival will really take off.