language, identity, existential environment

Perils of speaking (and speaking about) Tibetan language and society; whether linguistic fluency, social proficiency, or cultural literacy,

https://boingboing.net/2018/05/22/tibetan-man-gets-five-years-in.html

Tibetan man gets five years in prison for speaking about his native language boingboing.net Tibetan man gets five years in prison for speaking about his native language

what happens when country shifts print from Cyrillic to Latin-based alphabet

Kazakhstan's commitment to change, following the 1928 example of Turkey's own shift from Arabic script to Latin-based alphabet.

www.bbc.com/capital/story/20180424-the-cost-of-changing-an-entire-countrys-alphabet

BBC - Capital - The cost of changing an entire country's ... www.bbc.com The Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan is changing its alphabet from Cyrillic script to the Latin-based style favoured by the West. What are the economics of such a change?