October 31, 2025 to November 2, 2025
National Olympics Memorial Youth Center / 国立オリンピック記念青少年総合センター
Asia/Tokyo timezone

Language Revitalization: Ainu, Southern Ryukyuans, Māori, Welsh

Nov 2, 2025, 3:00 PM
1h
National Olympics Memorial Youth Center / 国立オリンピック記念青少年総合センター

National Olympics Memorial Youth Center / 国立オリンピック記念青少年総合センター

3-1 Yoyogikamizonocho, Shibuya, Tokyo 151-0052 / 〒151-0052 東京都渋谷区代々木神園町3-1
Highlighted Speaker Large Hall

Speakers

Kathryn JOnes (IAITH: Welsh Centre for Language Planning) Matthew Cotter (Hokusei Gakuen University)Dr Sachiyo Fujita-Round (Daito Bunka University, Foreign Language Faculty)

Description

Co-sponsored by the Hokkaido Chapter and Bilingualism SIG
This panel emphasizes languages classified as heritage, minority or ethnic endangered languages. The panelists will outline the emergence and emerging efforts on revitalization, related to Welsh as a success story, then on Southern Ryukyuan's especially on Miyakoan, Yaeyaman and Dunan languages as a live multilingually challenge and as well on the mutual support of Māori, and

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Ainu.

Summary

This panel emphasizes languageS classified as heritage, minority or ethnic endangered languages. The panelists will outline the emergence and emerging efforts on revitalization of Welsh as a success story, Southern Ryukyuan as a live multilingually challenge and the mutual support of Maori and Ainu.

Teaching Context General

Authors

Kathryn JOnes (IAITH: Welsh Centre for Language Planning) Matthew Cotter (Hokusei Gakuen University) Dr Sachiyo Fujita-Round (Daito Bunka University, Foreign Language Faculty)

Co-authors

Anton Potgieter (JALT Director of Treasury) Gabriela Schmidt (JALT CEFR LP SIG President)

Presentation materials