Fantastic Languages and Where to Find Them
2019.04.12 | Bova
The school “Fantastic Languages and Where to Find Them” took place from 12th to 17th April 2019 in Bova, Italy, the heart of the of the last Hellenophone Area of Calabria. This area comprises 5 municipalities where a few hundred people still speak an old variety of Greek, Greko. At present, Greko is a critically endangered language, however for the past decades there have been very many attempts from the local community to revitalise it. The school hosted 20 minority language experts coming from all over the world who discussed in and about the following languages: Arbëreshë, Castilian, Dutch, English, Frisian, Galego, Modern Greek, Griko, Hebrew, Latgalian, Louisiana Creole, Maya, Mixteco, Nahuatl, Nahuat-Pipil, Polish, Southern Quechua, Uitbergs, Wymysiöeryś, and Greko. The first day of the school coincided with an event co-organised by GAL Area Grecanica, COLING and the Hellenophone Association Jalò tu Vua for the UNESCO International Year of Indigenous Languages, entitled “Revitalizing Endangered Languages: For Whom and Why?”.
