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  1. M. Grégoire (mpjgregoire@mastodon.club)'s status on Wednesday, 01-May-2019 11:18:08 EDT M. Grégoire M. Grégoire

    "And so Irish was kicked down from its perch. It was once a high-status language, with bards and monks guarding it. Now it was the language of the poor. Even Irish speakers, if they had the most rudimentary English, would sometimes choose never to speak Irish to their children."

    Nous devons protéger notre langue.

    Michael Brendan Dougherty: My Father's Language - The Atlantic
    https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/04/michael-brendan-dougherty-my-fathers-language/588349/

    #Ireland #Irish

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      I made a vow to teach myself Irish, the language my mother struggled to learn, so that my daughters may learn it too.
    1. M. Grégoire (mpjgregoire@mastodon.club)'s status on Wednesday, 01-May-2019 11:20:47 EDT M. Grégoire M. Grégoire
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      Et nous devrions appuyer les autres qui veulent garder leur propres langues.

      Les Cris, par exemple. https://www.autochtones.gouv.qc.ca/relations_autochtones/profils_nations/cris.htm

      #qcpol #langues #patrimoine

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