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ladino a bit more detail a bit more detail assorted personal notations essays and other jottings posts tagged ladino news five language links armenian icelandic irish ladino scots this r unresolvedmysteries thread asks the question of where the armenian language a unique indo european language came from this ragnar jónasson article in the guardian asks the question of how long the icelandic language with relatively few speakers and facing a tidal wave of influence from english can outlast this competition the irish times notes that the irish language was heard in the british house of commons for the first time in a century spoken by a plaid cymru mp asking why this language has so little institutional support in northern ireland over at the bbc susanna zaraysky takes a look at the ladino language a spanish variant traditionally used by the sephardic jews of bosnia and how this language is declining here as elsewhere among the sephardim atlas obscura takes a look at the scots language a distinctive germanic language that was never quite broken away from english and how this language persists despite everything written by randy mcdonald october 26 2018 at 11 30 pm posted in assorted demographics history politics popular culture social sciences tagged with armenia armenian language diaspora history iceland icelandic language ireland irish language islands judaism ladino language links migration news northern ireland politics scotland scots language spanish language tourism united kingdom west norden news five language links inuktitut icelandic ladino spanish isixhosa i entirely agree with the argument of aluki kotierk writing at maclean s who thinks the inuit of nunavut have been entirely too passive too nice in letting inuktitut get marginalized making it a central feature in education is the least that can be done québec style language policies work although ostensibly a thriving language in many domains of life the marginalization of the icelandic language in the online world could be an existential threat the guardian reports as part of a bid to keep alive ladino traditional language of the sephardic jews spain has extended to the language official status including support and funding ha aretz reports a new set of policies of spain aiming at promoting the spanish language have been criticized by some in hispanic american states who call the spanish moves excessively unilateral el pais reports isixhosa the language of the xhosa people of south africa is getting huge international attention thanks to its inclusion in black panther the toronto star reports written by randy mcdonald february 27 2018 at 11 00 pm posted in assorted canada demographics economics politics popular culture social sciences tagged with arctic black panther canada diaspora education first nations globalization iceland internet inuit inuktitut isixhosa judaism ladino language latin america links marvel news nunavut popular culture sephardim social networking south africa spain spanish language west norden xhosa link how hebrew rose from the dead oakland ross article in yesterday s sunday star how hebrew rose from the dead is an interesting overview of the history behind eliezer ben yehuda s kickstarting the late 19th century revival of the hebrew language as an everyday vernacular after nearly two thousand years little more than 100 years have passed since hebrew first began to rediscover its tongue last spoken in old testament times it now is firmly established as the primary language of about 5 million jewish israelis not to mention some 2 million additional hebrew speakers scattered through the world the once dead language possesses a rich modern vocabulary extensive enough to support a 16 volume dictionary with an even more comprehensive work on the way its speakers can swear sing argue mate conduct wars negotiate peace treaties publish newspapers and carry out any of the countless other human activities that profit from the use of words hebrew also boasts a thriving literature including a nobel laureate shmuel agnon in 1966 plus a host of prominent contemporary writers led by amos oz this in any language would constitute a mouthful in the case of hebrew however the transformation is extraordinary a parlance last used in oral form by biblical prophets has accommodated itself in only a few decades to a world of six lane highways reality tv and the internet born in 1858 ben yehuda arrived in the holy land in the early 1880s as a pilgrim from czarist russia at the time not a solitary person on earth used hebrew as a means of communication for daily affairs in fact barely a soul had done so for more than 2 000 years true the language survived in written form for liturgical purposes but nobody spoke it at the dinner table during sporting contests or while preparing for bed depending on where they lived jews in modern times spoke a variety of languages ranging from yiddish ladino and arabic to an array of european tongues inspired by the early stirrings of zionism ben yehuda decided that what jews really needed in order to become a nation apart from a land of their own was a common means of communication quixotically perhaps he settled on hebrew which had ceased to be the spoken language of the jews several centuries before the birth of christ according to frieden by the time of the romans destruction of the second temple in 70 ad the event that sparked the flight of the jews into the diaspora those fleeing souls mostly spoke aramaic nonetheless on his arrival in jerusalem in the years of ottoman rule ben yehuda somehow convinced his wife that they should converse exclusively in hebrew both between themselves and with their children their first son yitzhak is credited with the first child whose first language was hebrew in two millennia this is what they did says birnbaum this was the start of the whole thing other jews were moving to the holy land many of them inspired by the zionist dream and ben yehuda managed to persuade neighbouring families to take part in what quickly became his life s central project although not a linguist ben yehuda set about coining thousands of words to describe daily phenomena articles and activities missing from hebrew s ancient vocabulary there wasn t a vernacular in hebrew notes frieden how do you speak a language that only exists as a religious language against great odds hebrew began to catch on among jews as a means of conversing about their day to day affairs in 1914 eight years before ben yehuda s death an association of jewish teachers in the holy land decided to make hebrew the official medium of instruction in their schools a critical milestone in the language s journey back from the dead by the time israel was established as a state in 1948 it was home to 600 000 hebrew speakers written by randy mcdonald january 7 2008 at 9 38 pm posted in assorted tagged with hebrew israel ladino language language policy links yiddish pages about search search 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