Endangered langblrs #1

As announced in the last post I want to introduce you from time to time to some endangered langblrs here on tumblr. I also hope that these posts will inspire you to send more langblrs in that deal with endangered, regional, minority, lesser-used and extinct etc. languages. 

Low Saxon

An endangered language in Northern Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark. The mother tongue of my humble self.

@lingumaniac (My own blog.) @plattkant @platt-lehren

Greenlandic

It is not really endangered, but since this blog also deals with smaller and lesser-used languages I include it here, too.

@learngreenlandic (also a blog of me)

Maltese

Also a lesser-used language but still worth to be included here.

@maltese-boy

American Sign Language (ASL)

@signinggifs @asl-americansignlanguage

Miskito

An endangered language in Nicaragua and Honduras.

@learning-miskito

Navajo

An indigenous language in the US and Mexico.

@thatonelangblr @navajowotd

Irish (Gaeilge)

A Celtic language spoken in Ireland.

@thar-cionn @scottieglot @scottasgaeilge @langue-etrangere

Scottish-Gaelic (Gàidhlig)

A Celtic language spoken in Scotland.

@sgribhisg @ambialba

Welsh (Cymraeg)

A Celtic language spoken in Wales.

@langue-etrangere

Northern Sami

A Sami language that is spoken in Finland, Sweden and Norwegian.

@teacupful-of-languages

Wikitongues.org

The blog of the Wikitongues project, providing videos of people speaking all the languages in the world.

@wikitongues

This is so far a rather short list. I hope there will be more people sending in blogs that write about anything other than majority languages. In order to get that call and message around, please reblog this post as much as you can. ;)

Just a quick shoutout to @endangeredlanguagechallenge for including me in the list, thanks. Check it out!

Miskito- The Miskitos are a Central American people found predominantly in Nicaragua and Honduras, of mixed Native American and African descent. In the colonial period the British made alliances with various Miskito tribes, attacking Spanish colonies in return for a certain degree of freedom. The Miskitos were never truly be colonized by a European power, only begin annexed by Nicaragua in 1894. Today most Miskito work as fisherman, continuing to speak their traditional language also called Miskito

After much hassle here they are, in their full handwritten glory, the full transcripts to Easy Miskito! They came out a bit lo-res but they come out clear once you zoom in. If there is any interest I’ll type them up (I’ll probably do it anyway so just ask). Feedback would be greatly appreciated whether something is illegible or needs to be cleared up, errors, etc. let me know.

Miskito

English

Spanish