New publication: A Grammar of Bora (April 2013) SIL International Publications recently released A Grammar of Bora with Special Attention to Tone. This new resource provides an extensive description of the grammar of the Bora language. Bora is spoken by between two and three thousand people, most of whom live in small, scattered communities in northeastern Peru. Read more about New publication: A Grammar of Bora
Ethnologue’s newest edition reports vitality of sign languages worldwide (March 2013) Through its flagship publication, Ethnologue: Languages of the World, SIL is in the forefront of monitoring the vitality of the world’s languages. The strongest, such as English and Chinese, are used officially by the United Nations. In contrast, many languages are endangered or have gone extinct in the last fifty years. The 17th edition of the Ethnologue, recently released online,* includes estimates of vitality for all known living languages—currently numbered at over seven thousand. Read more about Ethnologue’s newest edition reports vitality of sign languages worldwide
Redesigned Ethnologue website invites visitors to explore the world’s languages (March 2013) SIL International announces the release of the 17th edition of Ethnologue: Languages of the World and the launch of the newly redesigned Ethnologue.com. Visitors to this new site will find updated language data and statistics, as well as many helpful new features, such as interactive maps. Read more about Redesigned Ethnologue website invites visitors to explore the world’s languages
ASAO grant funds lexicon distribution in Vanuatu (March 2013) At this year’s meeting of the Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania (ASAO), SIL anthropologist Dr. Ken Nehrbass was recognized for his role in producing and distributing a reference work that compares six languages spoken on Vanuatu’s Tanna Island. In 2012 the six-language comparative lexicon was distributed to ninety schools on the island. The project was funded by ASAO’s Grant for Returning Indigenous Knowledge to Pacific Island Communities (GRIKPIC). Read more about ASAO grant funds lexicon distribution in Vanuatu
SIL researchers at joint meetings of ACAL 44 and GURT 2013 (March 2013) The 44th Annual Conference on African Linguistics (ACAL) is being held jointly with this year’s Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics (GURT). The theme of the combined gathering is “African Languages: Specifics and Universals.” Meetings and workshops are taking place 7-10 March on Georgetown’s campus in Washington, DC. Several SIL researchers are among those scheduled to present papers: Read more about SIL researchers at joint meetings of ACAL 44 and GURT 2013
