Michael (@TheWordCartographer) and Richard explore the languages of communities shaped by migration and long distance mobility, with a focus on Jewish and Kurdish communities. They will discuss how languages survive or shift across generations, how they interact with local languages, and how multilingual networks form in new settings. They also talk about what it means to learn these languages through family, community access, or study. This discussion took place on 21st February 2026 to mark International Mother Language Day.
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When Mother Tongues Go Wandering (@TheWordCartographer)
Michael (@TheWordCartographer) and Richard explore the languages of communities shaped by migration and long distance mobility, with a focus on Jewish and Kurdish communities. They will discuss how languages survive or shift across generations, how they int...
Open this video on Polyglot ConferenceHal Wyn - his story and significance for the Cornish Revival - Davyth Fear
Ralph St Vincent Allin-Collins was one of three major figures in the Cornish language revival during the 1920s and 1930s. He was its most fluent speaker and its most prolific writer, but most importantly he stated he was a native speaker of Cornish, having ...
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Open this video on Polyglot ConferenceHyperpolyglot Activist : 10 mythes polyglottes - Carlos Yebra López
Parler plusieurs langues est une grande réussite que nous devrions tous célébrer. Pourtant, malgré les milliers de langues parlées dans la communauté polyglotte, les idées fausses abondent encore. L'initiative "Hyperpolyglot Activist : Learn languages, make...
Open this video on Polyglot Conference2 variantes del Nahuatl: Mösiehuali huö/iwan Masewaltlahtolli - David Tuggy
Esta presentación trata sobre dos variantes del náhuatl: Mösiehuali huö y Masewaltlahtolli. David Tuggy explora las características y diferencias entre estas dos formas de la lengua náhuatl, analizando su uso en distintas comunidades y la importancia de cad...
Open this video on Polyglot ConferenceIndian linguistic resurgence through the lens of NEP-2020 — Dr Devina Krishna
The following talk discusses the issue of language endangerment, a fact of contemporary times. This has become a big threat to the Indian multilingualism. The process of NEP-2020 has been initiated to provide a space to local languages. This is a way to pro...
Open this video on Polyglot ConferenceVisão do aprendizado de línguas estrangeiras - Jhony Andrade Valarezo
Nessa apresentação vou compartilhar a evolução da minha visão atual do aprendizado de línguas como latinoamericano que pode ter semelhanças com aquele caminho de muitas pessoas da América Latina e até do mundo, dependendo da sua origem e percurso. Com o obj...
Open this video on Polyglot ConferenceAfricans are Polyglots and The World Needs to Acknowledge This - Lorna Likiza
I will be talking about the many languages spoken in Africa and touching on why the rest of the world often does not seem to acknowledge this. I will also talk about why there’s currently a need to make Kiswahili (which is my first language) an official Afr...
Open this video on Polyglot ConferenceReviving an Ancient Language: Awabakal - Brian Loo Soon Hua
Awabakal is the first Australian Aboriginal language to be written down and recorded. It was the traditional language of the Newcastle – Lake Macquarie area in New South Wales, just north of Sydney. The earliest writings include vocabulary and snippets of b...
Open this video on Polyglot ConferenceFinding Creative Ways to Learn Languages - Tiffany Hallmark
I want to present a talk about non-conventional resources for language learning. This will contain a brief overview of the “usual” ways people learn languages. Once that is done, I will look towards some of the more unique ways that I have found to learn la...
Open this video on Polyglot ConferencePoems from the Edge of Extinction - Chris McCabe & Shook
Get the book from Amazon: https://amzn.to/3G95RkD (Poems from the Edge of Extinction) Get the book from Amazon: https://amzn.to/4k4eQ4u (No, Love Is Not Dead: An Anthology of Love Poetry from Around the World) Talking about the anthology of poems that Chris...
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