Tired of Rome taking up all the oxygen in classical discourse?
May I suggest Etruria — a sophisticated, enigmatic pre-Roman civilization whose art, religion, and urban planning heavily influenced the empire that overshadowed it.
The language? Still largely undeciphered. The vibe? Immaculate.
Credit to The Histories on YouTube — one of the most thoughtful and engaging voices in history content right now.
[Four #native #languages spoken by #tribes in #Sarawak are now #extinct according to the national literary & cultural agency Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.
Sarawak director, Abang Haliman Abang Julai, said that according to #researchers the #Seru , #Pegu , #Bliun & #Lelak languages were now no longer in use.]
#linguistics #IndigenousLanguage #NativeLanguage #TribalLanguage #LanguagePreservation #LostLanguages #Malaysia #AsianMastodon #Asian #GlobalSouth #LostCulture #Asia
#KouriVini #Creole #CreoleCulture #LouisianaFrench #LostLanguages #Linguistics #History #Culture #Music #ZydecoMusic #Songs #Literature
#TransAtlanticSlaveTrade
**~ Until recently, Kouri-Vini was disparaged as an inferior language spoken by the uneducated. "Most of society's opinions about languages and language varieties are actually opinions about the people who speak them," said Marguerite Justus, a linguist and Community Development Specialist at CODOFIL (Council for the Development of French in Louisiana). "If the people who speak a certain language or dialect are perceived as low status, then we are inclined to perceive their way of speaking as low status."
Since Kouri-Vini was traditionally passed down orally, there are challenges to writing the language. There wasn't a comprehensive approach until the Guide to Louisiana Creole #Orthography was published online in 2016.
'The self-proclaimed language activist Taalib Auguste wrote a #book in Kouri-Vini called Koushma (Nightmare), inspired by the story of an enslaved man he heard from his grandparents.'
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230228-kouri-vini-the-return-of-the-us-lost-language
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