In this episode, Alexandra Philbin talks to Anna Belew and Akano Johnson Adewale about the Endangered Languages Project (ELP).

ELP is an organisation that supports people around the world who are working to promote and protect Indigenous, endangered and minoritised languages. It provides an online space where people can access knowledge and resources, share ideas and stories relating to language revitalisation and connect with a global community of language champions. Here, Anna and Akano tell us more about this work, their roles in the organisation and share advice for Celtic Students about getting involved with ELP and the revitalisation sector more generally.

This episode was recorded in August 2023.

Host: Alexandra Philbin

Guests: Anna Belew and Akano Johnson Adewale

Language: English

Registration for the 2024 Celtic Students Conference is now open! The Association of Celtic Students will be holding its eleventh annual conference from the 30th May to the 1st June 2024.

This year’s conference will be a hybrid event. Guests are warmly invited to attend in-person presentations at the Université de Bretagne Occidentale, in Brest, or to attend online if they prefer.

We will be hosting presentations, both in English and the Celtic languages, on a variety of topics associated with the Celtic languages, peoples, literatures, histories, and/or cultures. 

Please complete the registration form in your language of choice at the following link. At the top of the registration form is a link to the Eventbrite payment form. For those considering travelling to Brest, the committee have created a useful guide to getting to Brest. Please note that you have until the 15th May to register for in-person attendance.

Music: “Kesh Jig, Leitrim Fancy” by Sláinte, CC BY-SA 3.0 US (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/), available from freemusicarchive.org

Links to learn more about ELP’s work and get involved:

• The ELP website: https://www.endangeredlanguages.com/

• The Catalogue of Endangered Languages (ELCat): https://www.endangeredlanguages.com/about_catalogue/

• ELP Documentation Training Webinars 2023: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWHr320WvrI&list=PLPTs2Q1q0azUc310bSmZvUVpFYlOByZQp

• ELP Revitalization Training Webinars ‘Ready to Revitalize’ 2024: https://www.endangeredlanguages.com/blog/

• ELP Language Revitalization Directory Survey: https://www.surveyhero.com/c/0ddaba71?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3iO3TACLZalaov-dIMKJlBAmLDS-tz5UcUR-UosuH2bssfwM8OvIb5sCM_aem_Ae8QUKp3-UMUKKuuqteSvBAF4oiofvHeraPSHDGzE8IBYhYY46dZQxyxe8UlYF9fExcADFO-_MtTbPAEq-q3-MXE

• ELP Volunteer Interest Form: https://www.surveyhero.com/c/61e27109?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2MCrUOTXp5GDlIi14--hW3CwCWxVQcw5Yzj-dBKDqhTUWjsABd7S7qHvM_aem_Ae-Ufsyc4cuy1WDXIrATBjcQH339bye4Gy87oq9tlfXfrPEPtw6Dzfok2GNC6UaiV59mwgR6-cVn_vGgFC8rWsln

• ELP Language Revitalization Mentors Program: https://www.endangeredlanguages.com/mentors/

• ELP on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EndangeredLanguagesProject

• ELP on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/endangeredlanguagesproject/

• ELP on Twitter: https://twitter.com/_ELProject

• ELP on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/endangered-languages-project