[RNLD List] UNESCO World Atlas of Languages data collection

[Michif Speaker]

Excellent point!

Heather Souter,
Michif (Métis), Manitoba, Canada

On Thu, Oct 7, 2021 at 17:39 Doug Marmion <doug.marmion at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I was completing the UNESCO World Atlas of Languages survey (link here:
> https://forms.office.com/r/ZxUYaYsCZ9) and found that the questions don’t
> make allowance for submitting information on languages that are currently
> being reawakened (ie being brought back into regular use by the community
> after a period of having had no speakers). I emailed the UNESCO team to ask
> about this and they are going to look at amending the survey. As changing
> the survey form at this point may not be practical, they suggested the
> following: for question 26, check all the generations who are
> participating as new users in the reawakening of the language, and in
> question 27, specify that the language is undergoing reawakening after its
> loss, with a supporting research link if available.
>
> I hope that’s helpful and makes it possible to include information from
> the many communities working hard to bring their languages back into daily
> use.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Doug
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