Endangered Languages

Gabriela Perez Baez is a curator of Linguistics at the Museum of Natural History in Washington DC. She talks in depth about her experience of researching Endangered Languages within Mexican communities. Her fieldwork has uncovered vital empirical evidence in regards to the anthropological development of languages in these communities.

Nick and Sam, MA Linguistic students at SOAS, preview a handful of recordings made as part of London’s Language Landscape- a student project aimed at capturing a snapshot of the languages spoken at SOAS. They discuss how the recordings and much more will be part of an exhibition at the Brunei Suite on Thursday 12th May as part of Endangered Languages Week 2011. Website: http://www.hrelp.org/events/elw2011/students.html

In this podcast, Dr Friederike Lüpke, acting Director of the Endangered Languages Project at SOAS, introduces the topics and events at this years' Endangered Languages Week. This event, taking place between the 22-27 February at SOAS, presents a variety of talks, displays, discussions, films, lectures and workshops. For more info visit the endangered languages week website at: http://www.hrelp.org/elw

Maurizio Gnerre from the University of Naples discusses Huave, the language isolate spoken by the Huave people in Southern Mexico as part of Endangered Languages Week 2008.