Andean Aymara

Let’s take a look at some a little play-on-words in Muylaq Aymara (though it likely exists in other variants as well). I’ll keep this as non-technical as possible. The play hinges on the two synonyms for the word ‘cat’, phisi and misi. Although the former is much more popular in everyday language in the Moqueguan [...]

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Learn about this research project today at 4pm at the Vrije Universiteit during a 30 minute presentation in 12A39 at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam as part of the Promovendi Praat series. The presentation will be similar to the one given recently in Honolulu and Salt Lake City.

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ABC Radio International has an interesting project online regarding language revitalization and documentation in Austrailia, a project called Holding our tongues.  It has a great interactive map, an opportunity to listen to stories in the languages in question (sometimes with morphological analysis), in-depth discussion and background, and plenty of links and resources. Really impressive. 

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We’ve been seeing more and more about the effects of global warming in the Andean highlands (check out this article if you need some convincing), and here’s another sad story, according to El Comercio:
Lluvias ocasionaron deslizamiento de lodo y rocas en campamento minero de Winchumayo. Al cierre de esta edición 20 personas seguían desaparecidas. Hay cuatro [...]

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