Aesopica: Aesop's Fables in English, Latin & Greek
posted on Oct 25, 2006 - View this thread

Native Languages of the Americas: Preserving and promoting American Indian languages.
posted on Sep 2, 2004 - View this thread

Language tree rooted in Turkey.
posted on Dec 7, 2003 - View this thread

Khoisan languages of southern Africa [NY Times link]
Do some of today's languages still hold a whisper of an ancient ancestral tongue spoken by the first modern humans? [more inside]
posted on Mar 24, 2003 - View this thread

"The Druids of the ancient Celtic world have a startling kinship with the brahmins of the Hindu religion," according to popular historian Peter Berresford Ellis. Another author examines the parallels between Celtic and Vedic culture in the article The Celtic Vedic Connection, and a particular diety is analyzed in The Horned God in India and Europe. This may not be very conservative scholarship, but I found it intriguing and fun to contemplate.
posted on Jul 31, 2002 - View this thread

Navajo Code Talkers honored As indigenous languages die out all over the world, it's especially nice to see some recognition for the Navajo code talkers. There's also a dictionary here.
posted on Jul 26, 2001 - View this thread