@eurolangs.bsky.social
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I have signed this #EU initiative to propose a ban on #LGBTQ+ conversion "therapy" which every EU citizen above the age of 16 should be able to sign.
#Ireland needs maybe 5,000 more signatures to reach the threshold #Spéirghorm #Spéirgorm
eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public . Sign it and share it!
#Ireland needs maybe 5,000 more signatures to reach the threshold #Spéirghorm #Spéirgorm
eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public . Sign it and share it!
European Citizens' Initiative
Give your support !
eci.ec.europa.eu
January 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I have signed this #EU initiative to propose a ban on #LGBTQ+ conversion "therapy" which every EU citizen above the age of 16 should be able to sign.
#Ireland needs maybe 5,000 more signatures to reach the threshold #Spéirghorm #Spéirgorm
eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public . Sign it and share it!
#Ireland needs maybe 5,000 more signatures to reach the threshold #Spéirghorm #Spéirgorm
eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public . Sign it and share it!
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Cornish language radio is back! Splann!
An radyo yn Kernewek.
www.coastfm.co.uk/player/show/...
#langsky #kernewek #languages
An radyo yn Kernewek.
www.coastfm.co.uk/player/show/...
#langsky #kernewek #languages
An Radyo | Player | Coast FM
Matthi ab Dewi presents a cultural feast every week that, whether speaker or not, allows you to immerse in Kernow's language.
www.coastfm.co.uk
February 4, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Cornish language radio is back! Splann!
An radyo yn Kernewek.
www.coastfm.co.uk/player/show/...
#langsky #kernewek #languages
An radyo yn Kernewek.
www.coastfm.co.uk/player/show/...
#langsky #kernewek #languages
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No funding means no future. We need to hold accountable central and local governments on all sides of the Channel and the Celtic Sea for letting our cultures die. Call/email your MPs, députés & else. What are they doing? Don't give up! Ne lâchez rien ! 💪 #CelticCulture
Irish and NI governments called on to ‘urgently resolve’ Irish-language funding
Irish and NI governments called on to ‘urgently resolve’ Irish-language funding
Foras na Gaeilge announces funding cuts over €817,945 shortfall in this year’s budget
www.irishtimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 5:37 PM
No funding means no future. We need to hold accountable central and local governments on all sides of the Channel and the Celtic Sea for letting our cultures die. Call/email your MPs, députés & else. What are they doing? Don't give up! Ne lâchez rien ! 💪 #CelticCulture
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St Brigid’s Eve - Don't forget to leave a piece of cloth outside to be blessed by Brigid as she passes tonight! This is the brat Bríde, it’ll cure headaches or sore throats and keep you healthy for the year! #speirgorm #brigidsday #stbrigid www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
How Ireland used to celebrate St Brigid's Day in the past
From the Biddy boys and Brat Bríde to holy wells and Brigid's crosses, February 1st was marked with great gusto in old Ireland
www.rte.ie
January 31, 2025 at 10:36 AM
St Brigid’s Eve - Don't forget to leave a piece of cloth outside to be blessed by Brigid as she passes tonight! This is the brat Bríde, it’ll cure headaches or sore throats and keep you healthy for the year! #speirgorm #brigidsday #stbrigid www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
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Online Manx language database to be expanded after funding boost.
#gaelg #manx #language #langsky
bbc.com/news/article...
Online Manx language database to be expanded after funding boost
New funding for the Manx Corpus website will allow work on a "significant volume" of material.
bbc.com
December 29, 2024 at 12:43 PM
Online Manx language database to be expanded after funding boost.
#gaelg #manx #language #langsky
bbc.com/news/article...
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From Igbo to Angika: how to save the world’s 3,000 endangered languages
From Igbo to Angika: how to save the world’s 3,000 endangered languages
With half of all languages predicted to die out in decades, activists are turning to online tools to preserve them
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
From Igbo to Angika: how to save the world’s 3,000 endangered languages
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“Around half the world’s languages will no longer be in use by the end of this century… I argue that only a global mass movement has the capacity to change the course of this crisis, [and] a rights-based approach, centred on language rights, is our best bet for organising such a movement.”
My article "We Need a Global Language Rights Movement" in @gscjournal.bsky.social has racked up over 30,000 views since it was published a month ago. If you want to know why so many people are reading it, please follow the link below.
doi.org/10.1332/2752...
doi.org/10.1332/2752...
We need a global language rights movement: confronting the global language crisis with insights from social movement studies
Since the late 1980s, academics and activists have been drawing attention to a slow-moving global crisis: the ongoing destruction of global linguistic diversity. Despite this attention, language loss ...
doi.org
December 16, 2024 at 12:30 AM
“Around half the world’s languages will no longer be in use by the end of this century… I argue that only a global mass movement has the capacity to change the course of this crisis, [and] a rights-based approach, centred on language rights, is our best bet for organising such a movement.”
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The discussion of "Celtic" as a useful or problematic word has reared its head yet again. This is so tiring. It's worth asking, "Who is served by questioning the use of the word?"
I refer people to this response by one of our greatest experts on Celtic languages:
www.lrb.co.uk/.../pat.../h...
I refer people to this response by one of our greatest experts on Celtic languages:
www.lrb.co.uk/.../pat.../h...
November 19, 2024 at 8:52 PM
The discussion of "Celtic" as a useful or problematic word has reared its head yet again. This is so tiring. It's worth asking, "Who is served by questioning the use of the word?"
I refer people to this response by one of our greatest experts on Celtic languages:
www.lrb.co.uk/.../pat.../h...
I refer people to this response by one of our greatest experts on Celtic languages:
www.lrb.co.uk/.../pat.../h...
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English fragility and the narratives that underpin it act as suppressive forces which limit the potential for a more expansive sense of who can be included in the Welsh story ✍️James Downs https://buff.ly/4j7bVbW
buff.ly
January 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
English fragility and the narratives that underpin it act as suppressive forces which limit the potential for a more expansive sense of who can be included in the Welsh story ✍️James Downs https://buff.ly/4j7bVbW