Tanguy Solliec
@kiminell.bsky.social
Words, words, words wherever they come from but mostly everything inside them, around them and in between. Des mots et des choses. Gerioù toud. Слава словам! https://lacito.cnrs.fr/en/directory/tanguy-solliec/
"Authorities also began a region-wide censorship campaign, shutting down Mongolian WeChat groups and removing Mongolian-language books from the shelves of retail outlets. ... if you lose your language, you lose everything," Mr Togochog, director of SMHRC said." www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
'Cultural genocide': China's new laws set to wipe out 55 ethnic groups
China's new ethnic unity law is threatening to make the languages and culture of 55 different ethnic groups extinct.
abc.net.au
This carved stone plaque was found in St Francis' Row in Cashel, and it is believed to be the sign for a tavern that was known as The Cat & Bagpipes, that once stood on the main street. It may date to as early as the 16-17th century, and offers a glimpse of Cashel's social life from centuries ago
Publication alert at @scs-dias.bsky.social: Malacha McKenna, The Irish of Rann na Feirste Co. Donegal: A Phonemic System, @dias.ie 2026. Available at a reduced introductory price now: shop.dias.ie/product/the-...
If you’ve seen this article, you may be sitting with anger, pain, or just exhaustion at dealing with another helping of colonial nonsense. We feel a responsibility to speak back when these colonizing narratives show up, yet again, in such a prominent venue. endangeredlanguages.com/story/respon...
The New Yorker@newyorker.com · 2w agoThe idea that we have a special duty to prevent the death of languages is instantly compelling to anyone who loves languages. But is it true? www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
How many languages have existed over the Holocene—and what does that reveal about the design space of languages and cultures? Now out in @science.org www.science.org/eprint/QDZNY....
The rise and fall of language diversity through the Holocene
Characterizing the factors that have shaped linguistic diversity is fundamental for understanding human history, culture, and cognition. In this study, we combined statistical and social computational...
science.org
#OTD 220 years ago, Johann Kaspar Zeuß (1806–1856) was born 🥳 An expert on Celtic history and culture, he published Grammatica Celtica (1853) that established Celtic languages as part of the Indo-European family. He is widely regarded as the founder of Celtic philology. #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
Meet the Irish people who fought for the French Resistance during World War II, including Samuel Beckett, Janie McCarthy, Mary Elmes and Maureen O'Sullivan. By @ooh99.bsky.social @ucc.ie #BastilleDay www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Meet the Irish who fought for French Resistance in World War II
Several Irish-born people helped the French Resistance, including Samuel Beckett, Janie McCarthy, Mary Elmes and Maureen O'Sullivan
rte.ie
Comment nos ancêtres ont-ils accepté de perdre le somptueux "morbifique" au profit de son synonyme nul "pathogène"?
🚨NEW PUBLICATION ALERT!🚨 The 'Design Features' of Language Revisited (w/ @mperlman.bsky.social @glupyan.bsky.social Koen de Reus & @limorraviv.bsky.social) Feature Review out now in #OpenAccess in @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social! #language #linguistics Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...
The Book of Deer appeared in north-east Scotland for the first time in hundreds of years #OTD in 2022. The 10thC pocket gospel-book was displayed at Aberdeen Art Gallery, on loan from Cambridge University Library. Its Gaelic notes link it to the monastery of Deer, Aberdeenshire.
Perhaps ironically, if you are in Edinburgh you can get a wide variety of excellent herbal teas and other such products from Bulgaria at Balkan in Goldenacre
Tanguy Solliec@kiminell.bsky.social · last mo.A wonderful piece by the great Kapka Kassabova in @europeanreview.bsky.social about wild plant gathering in the Bulgarian Rodhope montains. It reminds me of so many fieldwork sessions with Breton speakers begging them for information. europeanreviewofbooks.com/the-plant-wh...
A wonderful piece by the great Kapka Kassabova in @europeanreview.bsky.social about wild plant gathering in the Bulgarian Rodhope montains. It reminds me of so many fieldwork sessions with Breton speakers begging them for information. europeanreviewofbooks.com/the-plant-wh...
The plant whisperers - The European Review of Books
If you know what you are looking for, you find edible and healing plants everywhere.
europeanreviewofbooks.com
Quite an initial 'Q'(uoniam) at the beginning of Luke's Gospel Bern, Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 85; Biblia Latina (Vulgata): Evangelia; second half of the 9th century; Brittany; f.74v (www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...)
Une enquête grand format de nos partenaires danois de Politiken, sur les pollutions massives causées par les bases militaires abandonnées par les États-Unis au #Groenland, qu’ils souhaitent maintenant réinvestir. www.mediapart.fr/journal/inte...
Au Groenland, les anciennes bases militaires états-uniennes ont généré des pollutions massives
Une enquête de notre partenaire « Politiken » a été menée sur le legs environnemental de 36 anciennes bases et installations militaires états-uniennes. Elle révèle que des proportions colossales de d…
mediapart.fr
Petit teasing audio pour l'émission diffusée demain car c'est un type de travail linguistico-paléographique absolument réjouissant à entendre - surtout quand c'est aussi loin de ce qu'on connaît
André Loez & podcast Paroles d’histoire @andreloez.bsky.social · last mo.Des caractères hébraïques, des chiffres arabes, des transactions incessantes entre Paris et Londres : l'exceptionnel carnet de notes du marchand Solomon Hyman dans les années 1770 décrypté par Liliane Hilaire-Perez et Bernard Vaisbrot Prochain épisode du podcast Paroles d'histoire
Parlez-vous grec anatolien, ladino ou syriaque ? La nouvelle revue Anadil met en valeur les langues minoritaires de #Turquie. Entretien.
En Turquie, les langues minoritaires ne sont pas mortes - Le Courrier des Balkans
Parlez-vous grec anatolien, ladino ou syriaque ? La nouvelle revue Anadil met en valeur les langues minoritaires de Turquie. Entretien.
courrierdesbalkans.fr
Cette solution fait écho à une récente décision du @conseil-etat.fr concernant l'écriture inclusive sur une plaque commémorative. Et confirme définitivement que les avis & positions de l'Académie française n'ont *strictement aucune* portée pour définir *juridiquement* ce qu'est la langue française.
Nicolas Hervieu@nicolas.eurosky.social · 7mo agoEcriture inclusive : Le Conseil d'Etat valide l'utilisation par une ville (Paris) de l'écriture inclusive (point médian) sur des plaques commémoratives. Pour la 1ère fois, le Conseil d'Etat entérine le constat selon lequel l'écriture inclusive relève bien de la langue française. => bit.ly/49qbFB6
Una inscripción hallada en un resto cerámico de almacenaje del poblado de Irulegi podría ser testimonio del primer numeral vascónico
Una inscripción hallada en un resto cerámico de almacenaje del poblado de Irulegi podría ser testimonio del primer numeral vascónico
diariodenavarra.es
Sheds light on Uniformitarianism in the evolution of modern languages, showing that creoles didn't emerge exceptionally 'Uniformitarianism in Language Speciation' eds. Salikoko S. Mufwene & Enoch O. Aboh, Out Now https://cup.org/48Wkx0X #Linguistics #LangSky 🐦🐦
Uniformitarianism in Language Speciation
Cambridge Core - Historical Linguistics - Uniformitarianism in Language Speciation
cambridge.org
Lire dans @letemps.ch ce billet de Gaëtan Vannay, excellent expert basé en #Ukraine, sur la célébration sans fin de la "résilience" des Ukrainiens, qui empêche de comprendre la violence extrême imposée aux Ukrainiens et de prendre la mesure des choses www.letemps.ch/opinions/cel...
Célébrer la «résilience» des Ukrainiens nous permet de nous défausser de nos responsabilités - Le Temps
OPINION. Magnifier la «résilience ukrainienne» depuis plus de quatre ans nous défausse de nos responsabilités en affaiblissant le sentiment d’urgence morale, écrit Gaetan Vannay, conseiller en sécurit...
letemps.ch
Join us on Monday at the Bonn+Marburg Celtic Seminar online for the lecture of Jessica Shales (Cardiff University) The Arthur of the Britons: comparing perceptions of Arthur across medieval Brittany, Cornwall, and Wales. Send an email to celtic@uni-bonn.de if you have not yet written to us this term
A former Luxembourg civil servant has just sent me postage with a new stamp that commemorates the first printed book of Mi’kmaq hieroglyphic writing (printed by a Luxembourger catholic missionary 160 years ago). No doubt the first stamp ever to include this script!
Emmanuel Dupraz (2026) Le déchiffrement du gaulois, une histoire en cours « Cette histoire est train de s’accélérer et de s’accélérer pour le mieux. » 🤩 #gaulish #gaulois #galianeg youtu.be/w_wWta74t5g?...
Déchiffrements en cours : Le déchiffrement du gaulois : une histoire en cours - par Emmanuel Dupraz
YouTube video by ILARA
youtu.be
Searching for something in my Gallo-Romance folder and re-discovering this etymological dictionary of Walloon from 1845 that I found on BnF Gallica, which at some point some linguistic chauvinist angrily objected to the notion of la 'langue' wallonne.
On connaît bien le passé composé (« il a fumé ») ou l’imparfait (« il fumait »)… mais dans une partie du sud de la France, des Alpes et même de Bretagne, on entend aussi une tournure beaucoup plus exotique : « il a EU fumé ».
We kick off our 2026 volume with two fantastic articles! In @bernhardbaver.bsky.social and Francesca Guido's piece, they reassess and challenge the Old Breton glosses on BN1616. Available, open access, here: journal.fi/scf/article/...
Making sure you're not a bot!
journal.fi
The proceedings from last summer's medieval 'semana' in Estella-Lizarra, on Languages and Identities in the Early Medieval West, have now been published (OA)! Feat. excellent studies by @francescatinti.bsky.social, @elvabjohnston.bsky.social, @hwaetspur.bsky.social, and many others not on here.
siem-estella.es
#OTD 133 years ago, Lucien Tesnière (1893–1954) was born 🎉 He was a specialist in Slavic languages, today best known as a pioneer of dependency grammar, introducing concepts such as verb valency, arguments, adjuncts, and head-initial and head-final structures. #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
What are endangered languages and how do did 58% of the world’s language become endangered? This recent book is an introduction to language endangerment.
