Another eighteen days, another endangered language that it’s time for me to say goodbye to. This time, it’s Ainu, which has been an interesting experience, highlighting some of the more common issues when it comes to learning a language that…
Who knows how long January really lasts; for some people, it takes forever and for others, it seems to fly by. For me, it was the latter this year—I’m surprised to be evaluating last month’s progress already! But, here we…
Another six days down, another post for you all. How am I coming along with Ainu? Let’s find out…
I’m a day late with this post (had one hell of a Friday—which doesn’t mean anything especially bad, except that I was exhausted) but it’s time for me to give you all a quick look at how I’m doing with…
With the first endangered language of the year done, it’s time to move onto the second: Ainu. This language is definitely going to be an interesting challenge, mostly due to its severe lack of (English-based) resources—so I’m interested to see…
2019 might have been the International Year of Indigenous Languages (and hey, if you were interested in that, then keep your eyes out for 2022-2032!), but I didn’t want to lose any of the motivation that year brought heading into…
This post was originally written in 2014, as part of my A-Z of Endangered Languages challenge. Since then, a lot has changed – there are more and more resources for Ainu, and I’ve even had a go at learning it…