Languages and scripts do not just die out. Invariably, the loss of a language or a script is the result of policy. It’s the result of invasion, it’s possibly genocide, possibly economic invasion where one culture finds that it cannot survive without taking on the guise of a more powerful culture nearby. Tim Brookes WhileContinueContinue reading “Episode 118 Tim Brookes: Endangered Alphabets Project”
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Introducing Ken Cruickshank (Episode 63)
Learn more about Ken Cruickshank, guest panelist on It’s About Language with Norah Jones Episode 63, focused on international collaboration to support heritage languages.
Episode 63 – International Collaborations
In this fourth and final heritage language series episode, Norah Jones talks with international leaders Renata Peskova (Iceland), Ken Cruickshank (Australia), Gisi Cannizzaro (Netherlands), Antonella Cortese (Canada) and co-moderator Joy Peyton (US).