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Estonian Mordvins celebrated Erzya Language Day
The linguist Nikolai Bayushkin talked about the Erzya language and the tradition of celebrating the Erzya Language Day. Bayushkin has recently been awarded recognition award …
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Day of Karelian and Vepsian Writing
Hyviä karjalan kielen päiviä!
Ani čomad vepsan kelen päivudet! / Lujas čomad vepsan kelen päivudet! Happy Day of Karelian and Vepsian Writing! April 20 is …
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Katarina Barruk
Organizer: Fenno-Ugria Katarina Barruk is known as one of Sábmie’s most interesting young artists. Barruk’s clear, distinctive voice, in combination with a steadfast presence on …
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Every Language Hides A World
Organizers: Ministry of Culture of Estonia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia, Ministry of Education and Science of Estonia, UNESCO Office in Estonia, Estonian Language …
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International Mother Language Day
The idea to celebrate International Mother Language Day was the initiative of Bangladesh. It was approved at the 1999 UNESCO General Conference and has been observed throughout the …
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XXXVII IFUSCO
Welcome to the XXXVII IFUSCO! The registration form can be found here. A conference participation fee of 10 EUR will be collected at the conference venue …
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Second day of the Congress: working groups are deep in discussions
VIII World Congress of Finno-Ugric Peoples continues with working groups on Thursday 17 June. In addition to the questions of preserving and transferring languages, as well …
Uralic language family
According to recent studies, the peoples speaking Finno-Ugric languages have inhabited Europe for about ten millennia. It seems that before the “Great Migration”, mainly Finno-Ugric …
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Mulgimaa takes centre stage as Estonia embraces its Finno-Ugric family
By Adam Rang / estonian world Adam Rang, who is currently writing a book about Estonian sauna culture and its origins among Finno-Ugric peoples, attended the ceremony and …
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President: More attention should be paid to different dialects
At an event celebrating Abja-Paluoja as the Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture on Saturday, President Kersti Kaljulaid encouraged people to support and maintain different dialects. The …
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Moscow splitting Finno-Ugric languages to promote assimilation to Russian, Mari linguist says
Moscow is currently promoting the division of the Mari language into two – the Lugo Mari and the Gorno Mari — to reduce the number …
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Artyom Malykh: “Decline of standardized literary Uralic languages will coexist with the promotion of dialects as standardized languages”
On 21 October, Artyom Malykh, well-known Udmurt activist and founder of Uralistica social network, gave a talk on Uralic peoples of Russia at Sugrifest, a …