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Spotlight on Irish
26
May

Spotlight on Irish

By admin commentsIrish, Gaelic, Irish language, Irish speakers, native, see and hear, listen to Irish, read Irish, UNESCO, list, endangered languages, A Day with Grandpa, dementia, Fiona Rose, history, facts, about Irish, dual language, bilingual, books, picture books, books for kids

When we lose a language, we lose a part of our culture and history. A Day with Grandpa by Fiona Scott is a gentle way of talking about dementia with your children, especially if they have an affected grandparent. But the theme of forgetting, and losing who you are with that loss, runs through into the Irish that we have among our dual language versions of this book.

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Spotlight on Dari
12
May

Spotlight on Dari

By admin commentsDari, endangered languages, UNESCO, see and hear, Dari speakers, Eid al-Fitr, Ramadan, Afghanistan, Iran, Persian, dialects, Goldilocks, books for kids, bilingual, picture books

Dari might seem like an unlikely language to make it onto UNESCO’s list of Endangered Languages; about half of Afghanistan’s population understand Dari, and nearly a third speak it, meaning there are an estimated 8-9 million speakers of this Indo-Iranian language, sister to Persian and Farsi.

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