Polyglots Anonymous

What Am I Doing? Part II: From This Point On

So where were we? Oh yes. When last we spoke, I was slowly coming out of a distraction-induced coma. I’ve been true to my word and studying the languages I’ve mentioned (Navajo, Manx, Tuvan, Noongar, Quechua, and Nuuchahnulth so far), but I haven’t been doing much about talking about them or about what I’ve learned. I’ll admit that external circumstances have left me in a bit of a funk, but I feel like I’m coming out of that, and ready to work on the next phase of Project ALOT! So what can you expect in the next few weeks (and... Read more →

Project ALOT Endangered Languages #5 and #6

Alrighty! Time for a little catch-up and moving forward! I have two languages to announce—one for May and one for June. As some of you might have guessed, May’s language has been inspired by a Kickstarter campaign that was successfully funded in April. So thanks to the Living Quechua documentary, the endangered language for May is (predictably enough): QUECHUA I’ve had my eye on this language for a while, but armed with only a Lonely Planet phrasebook, I had little else to go on. But one of the perks of the campaign is a trilingual book (English/Spanish/Quechua) with a CD... Read more →