Another year comes to an end. Please have a look at our NEWSLETTER for some of ELA’s accomplishments in 2013 and dreams for 2014. We hope we can count on your support as we continue to create new documentation, new tools and new linguists while fighting to bring marginalized languages to the fore! Wishing you a…
The Endangered Language Alliance presents the 3rd installment of Unheard of! featuring the Celtic languages of Brittany and Ireland. Unheard of! presents presents live readings of poetry and oral literature, both traditional and modern, by native speakers with simultaneous projections of texts and translations. Breton writer Matyas LeBrun will present his newest work Douar Neizh…
Our second installment of the Unheard Of! series will take place November 17th and focus on the Pamir region of Tajikistan and Northeast Pakistan. The Pamiri languages belong to the Iranic group but are only distantly related to Persian. They are increasingly marginalized as younger people begin to shift to Russian, Tajik and, in Pakistan,…
A nice piece by reporter Bruce Wallace on the first installment of Unheard Of! appeared today: https://pri.org/stories/2013-10-10/when-new-yorker-rose-monintja-speaks-her-native-tongue-memories-flood-back Many thanks to everyone who helped make pt. 1 a reality, especially all of our beautiful readers. Stay posted for the videos!
Sitting in one of the global centers of power, influence and immigration, we have the unique opportunity to put unjustly marginalized languages in the spotlight. Unheard Of! presents live readings of poetry and oral literature, both traditional and modern, by native speakers with simultaneous projections of texts and translations. The presentations employ theatre, music and…
Come check out Brittany-based Kan ha diskan singers, Armel an Hejer and Alain Le Clere in a unique collaborative project with Garifuna musician James Lovell and his group to blend two distinct and endangered musical traditions! Sept. 27th Connolly’s “Klub45” 7pm (121 W 45th street) Sept. 28th-29th: Free performances at Taste of France at Bryant Park. …
We have two exciting events this Saturday, May 4th, on the Lower East Side: Forget about death panels and come listen to our revitalization panel at the PEN World Voices festival! Panel on Revitalizing Endangered Languages at the PEN Festival On the same day, we will be taking New York’s linguistic pulse at Sarah Roosevelt…
7pm-12am at Duane Park on 308 Bowery (between Houston & 1st street $10 cover) The cultures of Brittany and Garifuna meet in a special evening of poetry, dance and musical exchange between the musicians and dancers of bagad and cercle with musicians and dancers of the vibrant community of Garifuna living in NYC. Garifuna language, music,…
A happy 2013 to all! We are happy to announce Rebirth of a Culture, our first fundraising event of the year for YUGACURE the Garifuna program on St. Vincent. The event will be held at 3:00 PM on Saturday, Jan. 12th, 2013 right next to ELA’s office on 3 W 18th st, NYC. We will probably…