54 | What’s All Around Us

This season, we’re celebrating Brooklyn’s linguistic diversity. To kick off the season, we spoke with New York-based linguist, and co-director of the Endangered Language Alliance, Ross Perlin. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, Khyriel Palmer, and Mayumi Sato. If you have something to say and want us to share it on the show, here’s how you can send us a message: https://bit.ly/2Z3pfaW • Thank you to Ross Perlin and the Endangered Language Alliance for supporting New York’s linguistic diversity, and inspiring our language season. Thank you to the Lenape Talking Dictionary, Curtis Zunigha, and the Delaware Tribe of Indians for sharing audio clips from their archive with us. • Transcript: https://bit.ly/3L9mMRO
This season, we’re celebrating Brooklyn’s linguistic diversity. To kick off the season, we spoke with New York-based linguist, and co-director of the Endangered Language Alliance, Ross Perlin. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, Khyriel Palmer, and Mayumi Sato. If you have something to say and want us to share it on the show, here’s how you can send us a message: https://bit.ly/2Z3pfaW

• Thank you to Ross Perlin and the Endangered Language Alliance for supporting New York’s linguistic diversity, and inspiring our language season. Thank you to the Lenape Talking Dictionary, Curtis Zunigha, and the Delaware Tribe of Indians for sharing audio clips from their archive with us.

• LINKS
Ross Perlin is a New-York based linguist, teacher, and co-director of the Endangered Language Alliance. He is currently working on a book about the languages of New York. Social Media: @rossperlin

The Endangered Language Alliance is a New York City-based nonprofit with a mission to document endangered languages and support linguistic diversity. Explore their interactive language map at www.languagemap.nyc, and donate to ELA at the $50 dollar level to receive a beautiful print copy.

The Lenape Talking Dictionary is an online resource created by the Delaware Tribe of Indians. It is an extensive, searchable dictionary of Lenape words, sentences, stories, grammar, songs, and lessons spoken by a number of native speakers of Lenape.

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• MUSIC and CLIPS
Wëntaxa Kishelëmiàn” sung by Cornelius Wilson. Courtesy of the Lenape Talking Dictionary.

Voices of the Himalaya” featuring Nawang Gurung. Courtesy of the Endangered Language Alliance.

"Lovers Under the Moonlight" sung by Mimi Palma. Courtesy of the Endangered Language Alliance.

Poems on New York” Courtesy of the Endangered Language Alliance.

Walamiseru” or “Our Sad Experience” sung by James Lovell. Courtesy of the Endangered Language Alliance.

Kishelmukonk Os'hakame” sung by Cornelius Wilson. Courtesy of the Lenape Talking Dictionary.

Breton Poem” sung by Fabienne Geffroy. Courtesy of the Endangered Language Alliance.

The Dance of the Deer'' performed by Alberto Rivera. Courtesy of the Endangered Language Alliance.

"Garifuna Lullaby" sung by James Lovell. Courtesy of the Endangered Language Alliance.

Wordpath Episode 43” produced by the Intertribal Wordpath Society. Prayer voiced by Leonard Thompson. Courtesy of the Lenape Talking Dictionary.

Nomad Song” sung by Sonam Lhamo. Courtesy of the Endangered Language Alliance.

"Chëkënakwi, waha!" or "The Blackbird Song" sung and told by Nora Thompson Dean. Courtesy of the Lenape Talking Dictionary.

This episode featured clips from The Lenape Talking Dictionary. The Lenape Talking Dictionary is the intellectual property of the federally-recognized Delaware Tribe of Indians in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. The use of any written or audio material from this site shall require the advance-written permission of the Delaware Tribe of Indians. 

This episode featured clips from the Al-Sarah & the Nubatones, Arooj Aftab, and Jomion & Los Uklos live performances on B-Side, produced by BRIC TV.

• TRANSCRIPT: https://bit.ly/3L9mMRO

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