Social distancing ✘ Physical distancing + social closeness ✔ But how? Flat screen + talking head + bad network? Normalise social voice calls + exchanging voice messages. Use chat clients with voice messaging The voice of another soul in your ear alone is pure intimacy 💐

Friday inspiration: the story of Ngunawal man Glen Freeman's journey to revive and celebrate the forgotten language of Australia's Canberra region. languageparty.org/blog/how-story…

You know what we'll all need more of once the Covid-19 crisis is over? Language parties. This is where connection happens, and spirits soar. This is where we celebrate our difference. Learn how we made one for Canberra. languageparty.org/blog/how-to-pr…

Reviving a sleeping language is very challenging. Learning to speak a language that is no longer actively spoken is equally challenging. For me, I've resorted to speak with trees and birds to practice my day to day Tjwao communication.

Language Party – Darwin! Join us for an evening of beauty and inspiration with storytellers from Asia, Africa, and Indigenous Australia, Sun 23 May 6pm, Darwin Botanic Garden Visitor Centre trybooking.com/events/landing… ABC Darwin ABC Indigenous The NT News #Yolngu #AboriginalLanguages

Thinking of languages strictly as means of communications makes it seem like nothing could be better than all of us speaking the same language. The answer, as poets know, is that languages are our true identity, they are who we are.

Come down to the Darwin Botanic Gardens for stories from Africa, Asia, South America and Indigenous Australia, an all-women line-up, with Aunty Bilawara Lee! Sun 23 May 6-7.30pm, tickets online only from bit.ly/language-party… ABC Darwin ABC Indigenous The NT News Larrakia Radio 94.5FM

Come for a sunset + moonlight picnic with storytelling! Six women will share stories from Africa, Asia, S America, and Indigenous Australia, emceed by Aunty Bilawara Lee. 6pm Sunday 23 May, Darwin Botanic Gardens, tix $15/10 from bit.ly/language-party… #LanguageParty #DarwinNT

Extraordinary storytelling in local languages, with Aunty Bilawara Lee, 6pm Sun May 23, #LanguageParty Darwin Botanic Gardens. Bring a picnic and enjoy stories by sunset and moonlight. Tix bit.ly/language-party… @cityofdarwin ABC Indigenous ABC Darwin indigenous_gov NT Government

Language Party – Darwin Botanic Gardens. Plus an interview with some of our storytellers: abc.net.au/radio/darwin/p… languageparty.org @cityofdarwin ABC Indigenous ABC Darwin indigenous_gov NT Government

dampurraweyithi - when a parent has been trying to tell their children to do something, then they just give up and say "oh go on then" (Murrinhpatha, Australia) untranslatable.org/words/dampurra… John Mansfield First Languages Aust RUIL Unimelb Our Languages @IYIL2019

anikok - the pain felt when swallowing something dry (Muyu, Western New Guinea) untranslatable.org #WestPapua #Papua #Melanesia @IYIL2019

aɨ́k – the uneasy feeling that one's insides are being displaced, such as when looking down from a height, sitting in a fast-moving vehicle going over hilly terrain, or being in the presence of a member of the opposite sex (Gallo, Northeast India) untranslatable.org

tummang – coolness after overheating; feeling of returned mental clarity after one's body temperature lowers (Western Pantar – 10,000 speakers, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia) untranslatable.org CEPAD Timor-Leste Secretary for Minister of Foreign Affairs TL PHD in Timor-Leste @fretilin_ European Union Timor-Leste Ministério da Saúde

aodu - gather people together in love for reconciliation (Natügu / Natqgu – 3,700 speakers, Santa Cruz, Solomon Islands) untranslatable.org/words/aodu Visit Solomon Island Oxfam Solomon Islands Georgina Kekea Solomon Times Online Solomon Star SIBCOnline Solomon Islands Fact File @SILintl A. Walker Scott Zeke Fordsmender

Learn (about) the original language where you live, this 21 February, International Mother Language Day, recognising "Palin's Principle" urbandictionary.com/define.php?ter… #FirstVoices #FirstPeoples #LanguageRevitalization #IndigenousLanguages #IMLD

The latest issue of The Linguist features our storytelling format, called "language parties", which feature stories told in the original languages... in celebration of people who are keeping their languages strong languageparty.org Kumu @nyborrobyn nadia chaney

21 Language Parties in 6 countries! Please check out our 2023 report, including an evaluation of the program and insights into how Language Parties create connection and belonging languageparties.org/report-2023 #FirstPeoples #LanguageRevitalization #IndigenousLanguages UNPFII

Language Parties: keeping indigenous languages strong through celebration. Learn about the storytelling format and its social impact: pride, agency, participation, belonging🗣️🎉👏 International Decade of Indigenous Languages Global Indigenous Network Linguapax RUIL Unimelb FPCC 7000 Languages languageparties.org/report-2024