Language · September, 2009

Language · September, 2009
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Stories about Language from September, 2009

Japan: Lessons in Communication from the Hatoyama Essay

East Asia28 September 2009

When an online Op-Ed piece by current Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama appeared in the New York Times just days before the Lower House elections last month, national reaction ranged from...

Morocco: Teaching Tamazight

Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa24 September 2009

Bangladesh: The Importance Of Learning A Foreign Language

Quick Reads · South Asia23 September 2009

China: Crowd sourced translation and the issue of copyright

Quick Reads · East Asia23 September 2009

Laos: Monk Chat Blog

Quick Reads · East Asia21 September 2009

India: Bangla Blogs

Quick Reads · South Asia19 September 2009

Dominican Republic: three poets

Quick Reads · Latin America18 September 2009

Suriname: a word for freedom

Quick Reads · Caribbean14 September 2009

Hungary: Finno-Ugric or Indo-European?

Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe10 September 2009

Moldova: The Language Issue

Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe10 September 2009

Jamaica: Truth & Laughter

Quick Reads · Caribbean10 September 2009

Jamaica, Barbados: Sandiford Speaks

Quick Reads · Caribbean9 September 2009

Belarus: Google Translations

Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe9 September 2009

Maldives: Arabization Of Dhivehi Language

Quick Reads · South Asia9 September 2009

Bahamas: International Literacy Day

Quick Reads · Caribbean8 September 2009

Palestine: A Change Of Language

Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa7 September 2009

Myanmar: “I'm your doll” phrase

Quick Reads · East Asia7 September 2009

Translator of the week: Boukary Konaté in Mali

Sub-Saharan Africa6 September 2009

Boukary Konaté teaches French and English in a high school in Mali. Joining Global Voices in French has steered him onto a new path: he is now involved in Web...

Morocco: Teaching “Berber” in Schools

Middle East & North Africa4 September 2009

A BBC News piece on the teaching of "Berber" languages in Morocco has got the blogoma talking. The article, which outlines the educational options for learning and studying the language,...