Most people don't know Alaska was originally a Russian colony - sold off cheaply to the US in 1867. Russian colonists settled and mixed with local Native American populations. They also brought Russian with them. While Russian has mostly disappeared, it turns out it has survived in a tiny community known as Ninilchik in the middle of Alaska. Scientists are trying to record the dialect now before it disappears as its last elderly speakers die off.
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19 National Community Language Schools' Conference
TAFE Queensland South Bank, 66 Ernest, South Brisbane QLD 4101 Saturday April 12, 2025 from 9:00am to 5:00pm Theme: Building Bridges Through Languages
XV NATIONAL COMMUNITY LANGUAGE SCHOOLS CONFERENCE IN BRISBANE
AN UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE FOR ALL WHO ATTENDED The XV National Community Languages School Conference was held on Saturday, October 6, 2018, in Brisbane. Over 120 teachers from over 30 communities from around Australia attended.
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