Tag: endangered language
New Book Claims Elfdalian Is Distinct Language, Not Swedish Dialect
Spoken by around 2,500 people in central Sweden, Elfdalian has largely been considered a dialect of Swedish. But recent research argues that it is “a medieval language that survived up to modern times.”
An Atlas of Endangered Alphabets: A New Book From Tim Brookes
The new book is a global exploration of the many writing systems that are on the verge of vanishing, the stories and cultures they carry with them, and the people who are trying to save them.
Pangloss, the Archive Dedicated to Preserving Languages
In grade school, teachers show their students pictures of lone polar bears, stranded in the middle of icy waters. They show videos of pandas...