[lg policy] "Neighbor" & "local" languages; translations vs ebola

[dzo at BISHARAT.NET]

Three recent blog posts may be of interest to some on this list:

1) "Neighbor languages" in an African context 
(the term "neighbor languages" is used to describe the linguistically close Scandinavian languages; is this a term that could be used more broadly, esp. for groups of mutually intelligible African languages?) 22 August 2014
http://niamey.blogspot.com/2014/08/neighbor-languages-in-african-context.html

2) The problem with calling some languages "local" 
(is it appropriate to call a language spoken by millions a "local language"? An appeal for more deliberate & limited use of the term) 3 Septermber 2014
http://niamey.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-problem-with-calling-some-languages.html

3) Ebola and health information in African languages
(the West African ebola epidemic is happening in a very multilingual region - why isn't there more discussion of and funding for public health education on ebola in widely used languages other than English and French?) 4 September 2014 
http://niamey.blogspot.com/2014/09/ebola-and-health-information-in-african.html

Don Osborn



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