[Corpora-List] Announcing the International Flag of Language Design Contest

[Flag Contest]

There are flags for everything, it seems — but not for languages.

The National Museum of Language (NML), a small museum that explores  
the transformative powers of language, opened to the public this May  
after more than ten years in the making.   A trailblazer in the field  
- there are only a few museums in the world with a similar focus - the  
Museum examines the history, impact and art of language.

As a trailblazer in the field, it is only fitting that the NML take on  
the task of creating what it believes is the world’s first language  
flag, the International Flag of Language (IFL).  The NML is sponsoring  
a contest to design the IFL.   This contest and the flag itself will  
be the NML's contribution to commemorate UNESCO’s International Year  
of Languages.   Experts from language and vexillology have been  
selected to administer the contest and to select the winning entry.   
The contest rules and entry form are posted at http://languagemuseum.org/flag 
  .   The contest itself will run from September 2 through November 28  
and the winning entry will be announced before the end of the  
International Year of Languages in February, 2009.

For information on the flag contest, please see http://languagemuseum.org/flag 
.   For information on the museum itself, contact the NML President,  
Dr. Amelia C. Murdoch, acmurdoch at languagemuseum.org.

The NML is open Tuesdays and Saturdays, 10:00 AM-4:00 PM; first and  
third Sundays, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM.   Its current exhibit, "Writing  
Language: Passing It On," shows how writing has developed over time.    
Attention is given to alphabetic and pictographic writing systems.    
For younger visitors, a hands-on activity room allows them to play a  
language game, practice calligraphy, see technological presentations,  
and touch artifacts.

Posted by
Jill Robbins, Ph. D
Director, National Museum of Language
jill at languagemuseum.org
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