More News From Bangladesh
Article just out in JMAG, the teen magazine of the Dhaka Tribune. Find it by clicking HERE.
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Maung in the News
Just out for International Mother Language Day, a fine article on our friend, collaborator and team partner Maung Nyeu. Maung and I will be presenting on our work for the indigenous children of the Chittagong Hill Tracts this coming Friday, February 28th, at Harvard. If you’re in the area, contact me or just come by! […]
A Christmas Present–from Kalmykia
When the Endangered Alphabets team was at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival this summer in Washington D.C., the tent next to ours was occupied by singers and dancers of the Kalmyk Republic, also known as Kalmykia. The Kalmyks, who originally came west with Genghis Khan and settled in the Caucasus, are a remarkable people in many […]
Lessons from Ottawa, Part Three: Numbers Don’t Lie
Between October 2-4, a group of some of the world’s top experts on indigenous languages met in Ottawa under the auspices of the Foundation for Endangered Languages. Some of the research presented at the conference is of direct and urgent relevance to the Chittagong Hill Tracts Project, a collaboration of the Endangered Alphabets and the Champlain […]
