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20210917 DAY020 End of the First Round Week 4

128 languages started this madness in the first round. Now after 4 grueling weeks we have come to the end completed round one. 64 Languages have survived to continue into the second round. The second round challenges will be held over the next 4 months. 🙂 Each day we will study the history and cultureContinue reading “20210917 DAY020 End of the First Round Week 4”

202109016 DAY019 The Native languages come to an end.

Quechua /// Spoken by 10 million people. Bolivia, Ecuador, and places in South America is where this language is Spoken Tlingit /// There are only 1,360 Native speakers. It is spoken in the Yukon region, parts of Alaska, and parts of Canada. Totonac /// This language is Spoken by 250,000 people. Spoken in parts ofContinue reading “202109016 DAY019 The Native languages come to an end.”

20210915 DAY018 Languages all the way from AlaskatoHawaiitoMexico

Eyak = Sadly there are no more Speakers of this Native Language, the last fluent speaker, Chief Marie Smith Jones, died in 2008 at the age of 89. The language comes from the land where the town of Cordova sits. Though the Eyak are reviving there language. Hawaiian = 24,000 Native Speakers. This language isContinue reading “20210915 DAY018 Languages all the way from AlaskatoHawaiitoMexico”

20210914 DAY017 learning some of the Indigenous languages in Yosemite

Nez Perce ~ Has only 20 speakers. This languages comes from what is now Idaho Haitian ~ This language has 9.6 million speakers. Haitian is spoken in Haiti Maori ~ Has 50, 000 Native speakers and the language is native to New Zealand Cherokee ~ Only 1520 people speak this language. This Tribe is nativeContinue reading “20210914 DAY017 learning some of the Indigenous languages in Yosemite”

20210913 DAY016 Yes Made It To The Indigenous Languages Now :)

Samoan – 510,000 Native speakers. This languages is spoken on the Samoan Islands. Mixtec – There are 530.000 people who speak this language. This language is native to Mexico Inuit (Inuktitut) – 39,770 speakers. This language originates from the Canadian Arctic. Esselen – This language is extinct. The Native people who spoke it live/lived nearContinue reading “20210913 DAY016 Yes Made It To The Indigenous Languages Now :)”

20210909 DAY 14 This is Tough learning all these Languages

Arabic, Berber, Nepali, Bangla, Armenian, Sanskrit, Kannada, and Kazakh are the 8 final languages for this week. Arabic – 270 million people in and around Arabia Berber – 2 million Berbers (Indigenous people before Arab invasion) speak in Morocco Nepali – 16 million speakers in Nepal+ Bangla – 230 million people speak in Bangladesh ArmenianContinue reading “20210909 DAY 14 This is Tough learning all these Languages”

20210908 DAY 013 Whale WatchTalk

Hebrew, Persian, Punjabi, Javanese, Sumarian, Urdu, Tagalog, and Whale. Hebrew – 9 million people mostly in Israel Persian – sometimes referred as Farsi spoken in Iran and other parts, 70 million people Punjabi – 100 million people in India and Pakistan Javanese – spoken on island of Java, 82 million people Sumerian – ancient languageContinue reading “20210908 DAY 013 Whale WatchTalk”

20210907 DAY 012 Tree Stands So Tall

Sindhi, Tree, Marathi, Moroccan Arabic, Kurdish, Khmer, Yiddish, and Sylheti … boom pow smile Sindhi – 32 million people speak in Pakistan Tree – spoken in forests all over the world Marathi – 120 million people in Goa Western India Moroccan Arabic – 30 million people, Morocco Africa Kurdish – 2o million people in theContinue reading “20210907 DAY 012 Tree Stands So Tall”

20210906 DAY011 A DAY of FUN and Labor

While we found our way to the deserted dunes of the desert, we passed many farm workers who speak a different language laboring in the field. Language. Madness. Today we learned the languages of Sadri, Sign Language, Pashto, Eqyptian Arabic, Turkish, Tibetan, Sinhalese, and Sundanese. Sadri – also known as Nagpuri, is spoken by overContinue reading “20210906 DAY011 A DAY of FUN and Labor”