A student discovers just how much he has to learn about comparative linguistics. Emphasis on the Indo-European and Finno-Ugrian/Uralic languages with frequent asides into language rights and language protection.
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In translating Sergei Chavain’s novel Elnet into English, one of the most difficult aspects of this mainly straightforward tale is the bilingualism of its setting. The simple Mari villagers whose trials and tribulations the novel depicts often come...
This article from the Bashkir Mari newspaper Čolman is inspiring not only because it talks of a young person who continues using the Mari language, but also because it shows that at least some people still enjoy chess and belles lettres, even as...
CNN featured yesterday an article about the Liet International song competition, where contestants sing in European minority languages.
Since being established in Friesland in 2002, Liet International has become a hub of the minority language music...
Conference proceedings are often interesting in that their lighter editorial control allows some odd ideas in. When I encountered this paper in the fourth volume of the papers from the Congressus Quintus Internationalis Fenno-Ugristarum held in Turku...