[RNLD List] UNESCO World Atlas of Languages data collection

[Julia Sallabank]

PS Honestly, you'd have thought they would have learnt from the last round!
See
http://www.isleofman.com/News/details/33018/unesco-do-u-turn-on-manx-gaelic-status
The Manx Language Office even had the editor of the Atlas over to see for
himself!

Best wishes
Julia

On Fri, 8 Oct 2021 at 10:36, Julia Sallabank <js72 at soas.ac.uk> wrote:

> Thank you Doug, a very important point. Can it be circulated more widely?
>
> Best wishes
> Julia
>
> On Thu, 7 Oct 2021 at 23:45, Michif Speaker <hsouter at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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> --
> Julia Sallabank
> Professor of Language Policy and Revitalisation,
> School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics
> SOAS, University of London,
> London WC1H 0XG, UK
>
> Tel. +44 (0)20 7898 4326
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> Watch the recording of my British Academy Webinar, 15 July 2021:
>
> <https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/why-history-revitalising-endangered-languages/>
> https://youtu.be/BJWmWP4gofw
>
>
> *New Open Access book out now!*
> *Revitalizing Endangered Languages: A Practical Guide *
> Edited by Justyna Olko, Uniwersytet Warszawski, Poland, and Julia
> Sallabank
> Full Open Access paid for by EU Horizon 2020 project Engaged Humanities.
>
> https://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/research-methods-linguistics/revitalizing-endangered-languages-practical-guide?format=HB
> Available free online as Gold Open Access:
> https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/revitalizing-endangered-languages/ADCBBA31190F259BA13525C769E92A9A
>
> *Now out in paperback!*
> *Attitudes to Endangered Languages: Identities and Policies*
>
> https://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/sociolinguistics/attitudes-endangered-languages-identities-and-policies?format=PB
>


-- 
Julia Sallabank
Professor of Language Policy and Revitalisation,
School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics
SOAS, University of London,
London WC1H 0XG, UK

Tel. +44 (0)20 7898 4326
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8662-6228 <http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8662-6228>

Watch the recording of my British Academy Webinar, 15 July 2021:
<https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/why-history-revitalising-endangered-languages/>
https://youtu.be/BJWmWP4gofw


*New Open Access book out now!*
*Revitalizing Endangered Languages: A Practical Guide *
Edited by Justyna Olko, Uniwersytet Warszawski, Poland, and Julia Sallabank
Full Open Access paid for by EU Horizon 2020 project Engaged Humanities.
https://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/research-methods-linguistics/revitalizing-endangered-languages-practical-guide?format=HB
Available free online as Gold Open Access:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/revitalizing-endangered-languages/ADCBBA31190F259BA13525C769E92A9A

*Now out in paperback!*
*Attitudes to Endangered Languages: Identities and Policies*
https://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/sociolinguistics/attitudes-endangered-languages-identities-and-policies?format=PB
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