Festival of Lights – Diwali 2010
October 26, 2010 by la-andrea · Leave a Comment
This year the Diwali festival will take place on Tuesday 26th October 2010. The date of the Diwali changes according to the position of the moon.
New Language Found in India
October 10, 2010 by la-andrea · Leave a Comment
A ‘hidden’ language spoken by only about a thousand people has been discovered in the remote northeast corner of India – while the 2010 Commonwealth Games were taking place in Delhi.
The new language is called Koro. It was thought that the language was a dialect of the Aka culture, a tribal community that subsists on farming and hunting near the border with China and Tibet. However, further research has shown that there are more differences than first thought, including completely different vocabulary and some important differences in linguistic structure.
Internationalise your Website and Maximise your Market Potential
October 10, 2010 by la-admin · Leave a Comment
Language Advantage’s founder, Sarah Carroll, is presenting at a workshop run by the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Monday 11 October 2010 at the British Library.
The workshop is ‘Internationalise your Website and Maximise your Market Potential’ and Sarah will help you to understand why you should internationalise your website as well as the key elements of an international web strategy. It’s far more than just translation … Read more
Rock Star Keeping the Okinawan Language Alive
October 9, 2010 by la-liz · Leave a Comment
A wannabe Japanese rock star is working to prevent the Okinawan language from becoming extinct.
Byron Fija, whose mother was Okinawan and father American, had orgininally denied his Japanese heritage and left Japan for America, in an attempt to become a rock star. But when that did not work out, he returned to Okinawa Read more
