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Language Reform and Cultural Identity Language as a Cultural Anchor: I point about the Turkish language growing closer to Latin potentially allowing "pagan or alien beliefs" to penetrate Turkish society emphasizes the role of language in cultural identity. Language reform, particularly the shift from Arabic to Latin script, is seen by some as a means of severing ties with Islamic heritage, which can lead to a sense of cultural dislocation.

The discussion about the suitability of the Arabic script for the Turkish language and the broader implications of language reform under Atatürk raises significant points regarding cultural identity, modernization, and unity among Muslim communities. My counterargument emphasizes the importance of language in cultural identity, drawing parallels with contemporary movements to revive languages like Sanskrit in India and Hebrew in Israel. This perspective highlights how language serves not only as a means of communication but also as a vessel for cultural values and identity.

New book chapter is out. It is titled "Unsettling Coloniality of Language: English in Contexts Colonized by Other Languages". This chapter argues that some peripheries are making use of the coloniality of language by advancing English as a decolonial option to undo the lingering legacies of colonial languages such as French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian. That is, some peripheries are replacing linguistic colonialism with linguistic coloniality. It posits that the political instrumentalisation of language betrays the Moroccan state’s failures to signal a true (post)colony as it sustains supposedly ‘liberal’ and ‘progressive’ language policies that enforce English to earn acceptance from the dominant and hegemonic Anglosphere of the world. https://lnkd.in/gF3c5yaa

According to my study Indo European languages with 443 languages, the Indo European language family is one of the largest language families in the world. it has 10 branches of living language, three of which are primary spoken in Asia : armenian, Iranian and Indo- Aryan (also called indic). on these three branches like Iranian and Indo Aryan and usually treated as two sub branches of Indo Iranian branch on the basis of a large set top shared innovations ; per example, proto Indo European long and short */e a o/ all appear as long and short /a/ in Indo-Iranian Due to European colonization, germanic, Romance languages have also spread to Asia and Africa, and Slavic languages to Asia

#MedinaMondayMessage: El metalenguaje or metalinguistic awareness allows us to make conexiones between the languages in our one linguistic repertoire.

THE POLITICS OF LANGUAGE OPPRESSION IN TIBET by Gerald Roche is a crucial examination of the global crisis of linguistic diversity. Through the lens of the Manegacha language, spoken by just 8,000 people, Roche sheds light on how assimilatory state policies jeopardize unique cultures and languages in Tibet. A must-read for advocates of language diversity and cultural preservation! https://ow.ly/qNqc50TYToR

Hi folks. In this post I'm going to wrap up what turned out to be a pretty good year for me. I started out the year expecting to be leaving academia, and ended it with an ongoing job that I landed at the eleventh hour: in 2025 I'll be starting a position as lecturer in linguistics in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, La Trobe University, and I couldn't be happier. In November I launched my new book, The Politics of Language Oppression in Tibet through Cornell University Press. It brings together almost two decades of thinking, research, and writing about the complex language politics of Tibet, and provides what I think are important lessons about the future of global linguistic diversity: https://lnkd.in/gVjV6uDV I had a good year for publications, with four academic articles coming out across the year: Securing the right to assimilate: How the drafting of the genocide convention helped undermine language rights: https://lnkd.in/gt3D-KHP Towards a sociolinguistics of deglobalization (with Jess Kruk): https://lnkd.in/gEtGf4bD “Conquered primitives have no written language”: Language revitalization, reactionary settler colonialism, and perpetual genocide https://lnkd.in/gCdqMGGz We need a global language rights movement: https://lnkd.in/gG46itPV The last article has now almost hit 35,000 reads 😮 I also had a non-academic article out with Meanjin: "Don’t read the comments: The backlash against Indigenous language reclamation in Australia" https://lnkd.in/gv6EtmDg  Across the year you could also find me in the Guardian, ABC Radio National, International Affairs, Red Pepper, Positions Politics, and Language on the Move. I also continued to be active in advocating for language rights and linguistic justice. In February I helped organize Global Language Advocacy Days for the Global Coalition for Language Rights (GCLR), and then I stepped down from my two-year tenure as co-chair of the coalition. My last bit of work with GCLR was helping to launch the inaugural Language Rights Defenders Award: https://lnkd.in/gpxkEnEc Later in the year, I worked with my friends Irene G. and Veronica Costea to set up an exciting new project, the Linguistic Justice Foundation. I am really happy with how it is going so far (did you see our recent announcement introducing our board?). I think we're going to do lots of great work in 2025 and far beyond. I hope you've all had a good year 🙂

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Languages and dialects are vanishing at an alarming rate, taking with them cultural heritage and unique worldviews. This article explores the forces behind linguistic extinction, its impact on identity and diversity, and why preservation efforts are crucial for humanity’s shared legacy. https://lnkd.in/dUUpK_br #italiantechnicaltranslations #planetlanguageservices #LanguagePreservation #CulturalHeritage #LinguisticDiversity

French Dialects in the Americas: A Linguistic Legacy Worth Preserving https://hubs.la/Q02SSmQ80