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Wymysiöejer fibl Wymysiöejer fibl
Wymysiöejer fibl
2014-11-16 | Literature and poetry

"Wymysiöejer fibl" is our second book of the series „Ynzer kyndyn”, dedicated to young readers. Although a growing children’s literature fills a large gap in the Wilamowicean writing tradition, “Wymysiöejer fibl” attempts to reach a wider audience as well. The illustrations, which depict everyday life of the Wilamowicean people, their traditional clothes, celebrations and landscapes, allow the reader to immerse himself in the Wilamowicean culture. The pictures were made by a Vilamovian- Justyna Majerska. This example breaks another stereotype about Wymysorys- that people from Wilamowicean community do not engage in the revitalization of their language.

Toward a Comprehensive Model for Nahuatl Language Research and Revitalization Toward a Comprehensive Model for Nahuatl Language Research and Revitalization
Toward a Comprehensive Model for Nahuatl Language Research and Revitalization
2014-11-15 | Revitalization strategies

This paper presents our strategy for the revitalization of Nahuatl, taking as a point of departure a series of projects and activities we have been carrying out for the last several years.

Learning a language through culture-inherent concepts: the case of Nahuatl Learning a language through culture-inherent concepts: the case of Nahuatl
Learning a language through culture-inherent concepts: the case of Nahuatl
2014-11-11 | Teaching strategies

This article supports the line of thought, which proposes that the process of revitalization should embrace culturally specific ways of knowing in a more fundamental way, taking into account the emic, internal perspective of a native speaker, which encompasses traditional indigenous knowledge and interpretations existing within the culture, determined by local custom, meaning and belief.

Language Visibility and Wymysorys Language Visibility and Wymysorys
Language Visibility and Wymysorys
2014-09-27 | Revitalization activities

Unlike endangered animals or heritage buildings, the lack of a physical form presents an initial challenge to broadening community awareness of minority languages. It is an obvious point that spoken language cannot be seen, however it is important to consider the impact of a lack of physical forms on those unofficial languages.

Empire, colony and globalization. A brief history of the Nahuatl language. Empire, colony and globalization. A brief history of the Nahuatl language.
Empire, colony and globalization. A brief history of the Nahuatl language.
2014-07-24 | Cultural and sociopolitical history

This paper is the first attempt to outline the cultural and sociopolitical history of Nahuatl, one of the most important native languages of America.

Chalchihuicozcatl Chalchihuicozcatl
Chalchihuicozcatl
2014-07-15 | poetry

"Chalchihuicozcatl" is a volume of Nahuatl poetry by Gustavo Zapoteco Sideño, a renowned Mexican poet.

Ynzer boümmüter Ynzer boümmüter
Ynzer boümmüter
2014-07-15 | Language documentation

"Ynzer boümmüter" is the first children's book in Wymysorys language, authored by Carlo Ritchie- an Australian linguist and the founder of the Accademia Wilamowicziana.

Wpływ języka polskiego na zagrożony wymarciem etnolekt wilamowski (wymysiöeryś) Wpływ języka polskiego na zagrożony wymarciem etnolekt wilamowski (wymysiöeryś)
Wpływ języka polskiego na zagrożony wymarciem etnolekt wilamowski (wymysiöeryś)
2014-07-14 | Research

W niniejszym artykule zarysowany został wpływ języka polskiego na etnolekt wymysiöeryś. Na podstawie analizy materiału językowego można stwierdzić, że język polski oddziałuje zarówno na system słownikowy etnolektu wymysiöeryś, jak i prawdopodobnie na jego system gramatyczny.

Cultures and languages in contact Cultures and languages in contact
Cultures and languages in contact
2013-12-29 | Language change

The research project „Europe and America in contact. A multidisciplinary study of cross-cultural transfer in the New World across time”, financed by the European Research Council, explores the cross-cultural contact and transfers between Europeans and the native people of the Americas since XVI century until modern times, focusing on the linguistic change in the Nahuatl and the Spanish language.

Guidelines for language revitalization Guidelines for language revitalization
Guidelines for language revitalization
2013-12-14 | Our approach

The article presents general guidelines for language revitalization, developed within the framework of the project "Endangered languages. Comprehensive models for research and revitalization".

The presentation of the book “Malintzin itlahtol” The presentation of the book “Malintzin itlahtol”
The presentation of the book “Malintzin itlahtol”
2013-11-14 | Literature

The presentation of the book “Malintzin itlahtol” by Refugio Nava Nava, during the cultural event "Languages across divides" at the University of Warsaw.

To In or Not to In: The Politics Behind the Usage or Disavowal of Classical Nahuatl within Contemporary Nahua Literature To In or Not to In: The Politics Behind the Usage or Disavowal of Classical Nahuatl within Contemporary Nahua Literature
To In or Not to In: The Politics Behind the Usage or Disavowal of Classical Nahuatl within Contemporary Nahua Literature
2013-10-19 | studies

In preparing this overview of contemporary Nahua authors’ attitudes toward “Classical Nahuatl,” I recalled a Nahua friend of mine telling me that his father, very proud to be Nahua, had said: “Na ni mero macehualli pampa nizaniloa ica puro Nahuatl” (I am indigenous through and through, because I speak only Nahuatl [pure Nahuatl]).

Malintzin Itlahtol Malintzin Itlahtol
Malintzin Itlahtol
2013-09-27 | Literature

„Malintzin Itlahtol” is the first publication in modern Nahuatl in standardized orthography based on colonial orthography and contemporary linguistic knowledge about morphology. It is also the first book in „Totlahtol” series and children´s subseries „Toconehuan”, edited by Dr. Justyna Olko and Dr. John Sullivan. The author Dr. Refugio Nava Nava is a professor at the University of Tlaxcala and conducts research on preservation and revitalization of Mexican indigenous languages.

Integral Strategies for Language Revitalization
Integral Strategies for Language Revitalization
2017-02-13 | Our approach

Our publication: Integral Strategies for Language Revitalization

Bronisław Piłsudski and the Ainu language - documentation and revitalization
Bronisław Piłsudski and the Ainu language - documentation and revitalization
2016-04-29 | What is language revitalization?

Bronisław Piłsudski and the Ainu language - documentation and revitalization

Texts and recordings in Lemko
Texts and recordings in Lemko
2016-03-22 | Language community

Texts and recordings in Lemko

Heći Peći. Manual of wymysorys. Heći Peći. Manual of wymysorys.
Heći Peći. Manual of wymysorys.
2016-03-22 | Education

Heći Peći. Manual of wymysorys.

Dictionary of Lemko verbs Dictionary of Lemko verbs
Dictionary of Lemko verbs
2016-03-21 | Research

A dictionary of Lemko verbs from the village of Szczawnik.

Tlahtolxitlauhcayotl Tlahtolxitlauhcayotl
Tlahtolxitlauhcayotl
2016-03-08 | Research

A monolingual dictionary of Nahuatl

Bridging divides: A proposal for integrating the teaching, research and revitalization of Nahuatl Bridging divides: A proposal for integrating the teaching, research and revitalization of Nahuatl
Bridging divides: A proposal for integrating the teaching, research and revitalization of Nahuatl
2016-02-23 | Our approach

This paper discusses major historical, cultural, linguistic, social and institutional factors contributing to the shift and endangerment of the Nahuatl language in Mexico. As a practical proposal, we discuss our strategy for its revitalization, as well as a series of projects and activities we have been carrying out for the last several years. Crucial to this approach are several complementary elements: interdisciplinary research, including documentary work, as well as investigation of both the historical and the present state of Nahua language and culture; integration of both Western and native-speaking indigenous researchers as equal partners and the provision of space for indigenous methodologies; creation of teaching programs for native and non-native speakers oriented toward the preparation of language materials; and close collaboration with indigenous communities in developing community-based programs.

Kilka słowackich paraleli do leksyki północnołemkowskiej
Kilka słowackich paraleli do leksyki północnołemkowskiej
2016-01-19 | Research

Kilka słowackich paraleli do leksyki północnołemkowskiej

Tlahtolcozcatl Tlahtolcozcatl
Tlahtolcozcatl
2015-09-29 | Culture

In tlapohual tlen mocaqui nican tlaxcallan

Nahui tonatiuh (La Huasteca) Nahui tonatiuh (La Huasteca)
Nahui tonatiuh (La Huasteca)
2015-09-05 | Culture

A story in modern Nahuatl based upon a prehispanic Aztec myth (written down in the 16th century) about the creation of subsequent worlds – suns. The Spanish prototype of this story was authored by Isabel Bueno Bravo and the modern Nahuatl versions in variants from Tlaxcala and northern Veracruz (La Huasteca) were written respectively by Refugio Nava Nava and Eduardo de la Cruz.

Nahui tonatiuh (Tlaxcala) Nahui tonatiuh (Tlaxcala)
Nahui tonatiuh (Tlaxcala)
2015-09-04 | Culture

A story in modern Nahuatl based upon a prehispanic Aztec myth (written down in the 16th century) about the creation of subsequent worlds – suns. The Spanish prototype of this story was authored by Isabel Bueno Bravo and the modern Nahuatl versions in variants from Tlaxcala and northern Veracruz (La Huasteca) were written respectively by Refugio Nava Nava and Eduardo de la Cruz.

Tototatahhuan Ininizxtlamatiliz Tototatahhuan Ininizxtlamatiliz
Tototatahhuan Ininizxtlamatiliz
2015-07-24 | Culture

Newest book in the Totlahtol series.

Allocating identity Allocating identity
Allocating identity
2015-07-22 | Research

Allocating identity: the Łemko becoming in Galicia

Revitalization as a modernizing project. The search for Amazigh identity in contemporary Morocco Revitalization as a modernizing project. The search for Amazigh identity in contemporary Morocco
Revitalization as a modernizing project. The search for Amazigh identity in contemporary Morocco
2015-03-15 | Our approach

The main topic of my communication is the recent progress of the linguistic and cultural revitalization of the Amazigh, i.e. Berber language and identity in Morocco. The reality I'm dealing with is just a fragment of a larger question, concerning cultural and political status of Berber tribes in different countries of the Northern Africa, including both the Maghreb and the regions further to the south, including Mali. This question is by no means a pacific one; it's connected to many political problems and seen as a source of instability in Africa. Morocco is just a relatively stable country of the region that over the last decade have managed to find relatively satisfactory solutions to this question.

Korzyści z dwujęzyczności: co może nas motywować do nauki języków? Korzyści z dwujęzyczności: co może nas motywować do nauki języków?
Korzyści z dwujęzyczności: co może nas motywować do nauki języków?
2015-02-12 | Our approach

Kiedy zastanawiamy się nad motywacjami do nauki i znajomości języków okazuje się, że analizując powody, dla których warto uczyć się języka, możemy znaleźć ich bardzo dużo. Uczniowie szkoły podstawowej i gimnazjum w Wilamowicach na spotkaniu poświęconym temu tematowi (30 września 2014), wymienili aż 66 powodów, dla których mogliby uczyć się wilamowskiego.

What is language revitalization? What is language revitalization?
What is language revitalization?
2014-03-06 | What is language revitalization?

The study of language revitalization is a relatively new subfield of linguistics which focuses on the formulation and evaluation of strategies and actions aimed at reversing the processes of language erosion and bringing endangered languages back into use in their speech communities.

Introduction to Contemporary Nahua Literature Introduction to Contemporary Nahua Literature
Introduction to Contemporary Nahua Literature
2013-10-19 | introduction to Nahua literature today

When I first began to research “contemporary Nahua literature” extensively, I soon came to the realization that doing so resembles endeavoring to write an unreasonably broad study on a topic like “contemporary English literature.”

Pochodzenie języka wilamowskiego - poglądy i badania Pochodzenie języka wilamowskiego - poglądy i badania
Pochodzenie języka wilamowskiego - poglądy i badania
2013-08-12 | Ethnogenesis

W ostatnich latach rośnie zainteresowanie wyjaśnieniem pochodzenia oraz klasyfikacji języka wilamowskiego. Pojawiają się też nowe studia mogące na te kwestie rzucić nowe światło. Dotychczasowe opracowania zajmujące się wilamowskim z językoznawczego punktu widzenia (niezależnie od stopnia wiarygodności lingwistycznej) pojawiały się w kilku okresach.

What Herder could have learned in Wilamowice What Herder could have learned in Wilamowice
What Herder could have learned in Wilamowice
2013-08-12 | Research

A language is commonly perceived as one of the most important factors shaping national identity. As such, it often becomes an object of ideologization, and is used to achieve particular political goals. The relationship between a language, a nation and a state seems to be “natural”; however this connotation is relatively new. Moreover, its origins may be traced to one thinker.

Wymysiöeryś - język wilamowski Wymysiöeryś - język wilamowski
Wymysiöeryś - język wilamowski
2013-08-12 | Research

Wilamowice to niewielkie miasto leżące między Bielskiem-Białą a Oświęcimiem. W XIII w. przybyli tu osadnicy z zachodniej Europy, których pochodzenia nie udało się jednoznacznie ustalić. Prawdopodobnie była to ludność z pogranicza dzisiejszych Niemiec i Niderlandów, która przywiozła ze sobą swój język i kulturę.

Dlaczego potrzebny jest słownik normatywny języka łemkowskiego? Dlaczego potrzebny jest słownik normatywny języka łemkowskiego?
Dlaczego potrzebny jest słownik normatywny języka łemkowskiego?
2013-07-29 | Research

To pytanie może wydawać się nieco dziwne, jeśli dotyczy języka, który ma „armię i flotę”. Jednym z zasadniczych działań takiej „armii” instytucjonalno-intelektualnej jest utworzenie obowiązującej normy scalającej różne grupy kulturowo-etniczne, zobowiązane do jej używania jako wyłącznie poprawnej, w jeden naród.

Łemkowski język codzienny i standaryzowany – różnice, bogactwo regionalne, relacje Łemkowski język codzienny i standaryzowany – różnice, bogactwo regionalne, relacje
Łemkowski język codzienny i standaryzowany – różnice, bogactwo regionalne, relacje
2013-07-29 | Research

Co zawierają w sobie te dwa pojęcia w przypadku języka łemkowskiego? To zależy od tego, do jakiego okresu historycznego się odniesiemy. Jeśli mówimy o współczesności, bo ona raczej generuje to zestawienie pojęć, to mamy do czynienia z całkiem odmiennym układem, niż w sytuacji cywilizacyjnie starszej o 70 czy 100 lat.

Język łemkowski Język łemkowski
Język łemkowski
2013-07-29 | Research

Język łemkowski jest etnolektem wspólnoty, która określona została w I połowie XIX w. przez etnografów mianem Łemków i uznana ze względu na specyficzne cechy kulturowe i językowe za odrębną grupę etnograficzną. Przynależność do chrześcijaństwa wschodniego włączała Łemków w krąg kultur ruskich, co określiło kierunek rozwoju tożsamości i cech kulturowych, w tym językowych, tej grupy.