Koodéik' | English/Łingít speaker | Deutsch, Français | Linguist | Intsa: @jojojoseff If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.
You don't need to know linguistics to learn a language. If you have the motivation to learn the language and you know how you learn, then you will learn to speak and converse in the language.
The reason why some people might think you need to know linguistics is because past linguists have coded their papers to where if you don't have a degree or PhD in linguistics, then the chances of you understanding the paper about the language is near impossible.
If you have access to fluent speakers in your community, you will learn more from them than any linguistic paper. Trust the scholars, the elders, in the community, and don't rely heavily on academic papers about the community, which, let's be honest, are often incorrect.
Our scholars are our elders, respect more than you would someone with a PhD, they deserve it.
Being fluent is not a good goal to have when you’re learning a language because it is not clearly defined. If you have clear goals set out for yourself, for example, “I want to be able to read this book, understand this movie, have a conversation about… , make videos about… in the language,” then you have to gather and obtain specific information in the language. Fluency, however, is vague and doesn’t give you anything to work with.
For anon!
(I’m going to leave out the most obvious ones like Memrise and Duolingo. Feel free to add ones that I’ve missed.)
YouTube:
Deutsch Für Euch
Easy German
Get Germanized
Slow German (also a podcast)
Online Proficiency Tests:
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Transparent
Heidelberg
General Websites:
lyricstraining
DeutscheWelle
Buzzfeed Deutschland
German resources Tumblr tag
My German tag (gotta get that self-promo)
Goethe Institut
deutsch.info
deutschdrang
Internet Polyglot
1000 Most Common German Words
deutsch-perfekt
yourdailygerman
If I state facts about racism, genocide against indigenous peoples, or current issues minorites face, and you're not a minority but you feel attacked, I want to let you know that that is NOT my problem. If you feel attacked, then that's something you have to deal with and something you have to do to fix yourself. Dont blame me for the facts and don't expect me to fix your issues when I have to deal with helping to save my own culture from extinction because of genocide.
Les langues du pays sont à l'avant-plan ces jours-ci, à Whitehorse, pendant la 23e Conférence ministérielle sur la francophonie canadienne et une consultation de la communauté francophone quant à l' avenir de la Loi sur les langues officielles . Il s'y déroule également des rencontres pour l'élaboration d'une loi fédérale pour la protection des langues autochtones .
“French: a model or a threat for indigenous language revitalization?”
Le linguiste André Bourcier affirme qu'un cadre législatif est essentiel pour la protection des langues autochtones, mais que, contrairement au français, qui profite d'un grand nombre de locuteurs au pays, il n'est pas question pour l'instant d'offrir des services gouvernementaux dans ces langues. Il faut d'abord, selon lui, augmenter le nombre de locuteurs.
André Bourcier se dit enthousiasmé par le projet d'immersion pour adultes de la Première Nation Champagne Aishihik, mais rappelle que ce genre de programme a besoin de ressources à long terme pour offrir des services à un nombre grandissant de locuteurs.
quick english paraphrase of the above:
actual legistlation is essential in order to protect indigenous languages, much like what’s been done for french in canada. the difference is that french has a lot of speakers, whereas many indigenous languages have few. so for the moment, the linguist they’re quoting, andre bourcier, says the focus should be less on offering services in the languages and more on building up the number of people who speak the languages at all.
«On a la même responsabilité envers les langues autochtones qu’on a envers le français et l’anglais au Canada. La source du droit à l’apprentissage de ces langues-là est le même pour les langues autochtones que pour le français ou l’anglais. La question, c’est de faire une loi qui va être efficace dans la situation actuelle de ces langues-là.» -André Bourcier
really glad he addressed this!
“we have the same responsibility to indigenous languages that we have to french and english in canada. …the question, is to make a law that will be effective for the current situation of these languages.” (pls forgive the poor translation, this is the gist of it though)
Il rappelle par ailleurs que le désir d'apprendre une langue autochtone vient d'une « utilité viscérale et définitoire, mais n'a pas une valeur marchande. On ne peut pas trouver un emploi ou faire des études supérieures. C'est un choix personnel d’investir temps et argent pour apprendre la langue ».
je peux pas bien traduire cte partie-ci, mais j’aime beaucoup la partie du texte en bold. basically, people aren’t opting to learn indigenous languages as a marketable skill, it’s far more personal and visceral.
For those unaware: Sharice Davids is a Native American (a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation in Kansas), former MMA fighter, and a lesbian. She’s the first openly LGBTQ person to represent her state in Congress. Here’s a badass campaign ad she did.
She’s also going to be the first Native American in Congress, along with Deb Haaland of the Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico:
Speakers of the Tlingit language will be meeting in Alaska at a conference that is the first of its kind. People who speak different dialects of the same language will discuss ways to preserve and strengthen their culture.
The summit comes less than two months after the Alaska governor declared a state of emergency for Indigenous languages. Gov. Bill Walker signed a bill to strengthen language education and encourage measures such as using local languages on place names and public signs.
Efforts to preserve and strengthen the Tlingit language in Yukon already include classes for pre-school children in Carcross. In Teslin, the Tlingit Council passed a Language and Culture Act in 2017, making Tlingit the official language for the government and the community.
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