Yanjaa Wintersoul - Mastering Mongolian as a Modern Nomad
First, we'll take a look at where, how and why Mongolian is thriving and dying in different parts of central Asia. Why the Mongolian dialect of Buryat is dying at an unbelievable pace in its autonomous regions in Kazakhstan and Russia, while Old Mongolian in Inner Mongolia experiences declines and revivals at seemingly random intervals. How the demographic of Mongolia (50% of the population is 25 and under) and its hyperconnected activity on social media influences the way the language is evolving. Second, we'll take a look at how Mongolians living abroad preserve their mother tongue. How can some live abroad for years but speak as if they never left, while others do an exchange semester and come back speaking like foreigners? What are some common mistakes that parents can avoid when relocating? Is it too late for those who didn't grow up speaking Mongolian, once they've reached adulthood? Should we always approach language preservation from a holistic viewpoint or is it better to focus on one aspect (speaking, writing, reading etc) at a time? The answers to these questions are answered with findings from modern research papers on language preservation, highlighted with personal anecdotes and experiences of being Mongolian in Stockholm, Tokyo, Nairobi and Texas/ Tennessee. Third, a summary of lessons learned and suggested approaches for keeping Mongolian alive and well no matter where we are in the world, giving a toolkit for language preservation for all.
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Wow! I didn't know if this talk would be published, but I'm so glad it was. Really interesting! And good luck with Buryat!
Memory master, polyglot, and language preservationist. I’m officially a fan!
Oh god I remember ankle bones! I always played it with my grandparents and my cousins.
Yanjaa Wintersoul- Thank you for sharing your expirences. You've helped me understand a little better. Thanks for the perspective!
I was in Erenhot and a couple of other places in Inner Mongolia, China before and after my Month in Mongolia five or six years ago, and there the traditional vertical Mongolian script was everywhere in street signs and shop signs and I found a market that had several bookshops with piles and piles of books in traditional Mongolian script. At my hostel the Mongolian staff could all read and write the script and I remember one girl working there was reading a paperback in traditional script and I even saw it on her phone in what looked like lyrics on a music video. I was impressed after thinking the script could be dying out.
Proud to be Mongolian! Mongolia loves you girl!
I found this video very influential. I like how Ms. Wintersoul re-tells very specific and detailed stories from her language journey. I find that these types of memories, where you actually use vocabulary or hear others using vocabulary, are everlasting. For example, I was teaching in a preschool in Taiwan around Halloween, so we were coloring Halloween pictures, and a kid came up and said "teacher, may I speak Chinese?- I didn't color the ghost, because the ghost is already white, and I don't want to 浪费时间。“
This is the first video I have watched where I was in the Audience. This was also the first time I met someone from Mongolia. This was a very interesting lecture I am now listening to for the second time. I am on the Speaker's ( Yanjaa Wintersoul's ) extreme LEFT. (ie: A VERY INTERESTING PHENOMENA: Left and right get reversed for people facing each other!!! It is similar to the difference between Le'eTORA and the mirror image Le'ADORA Ecka-Veca Systems) I have studied some Mongolian, but not very much.
Hi Yanjaa. I am your mom's friend from school and student-time in Russia, so it was really interesting to hear your child's memories. I recently found your channel and liked it immediately, not only because of your pleasant experience, but also because of your very gentle voice.
Entertaining talk!
Thank you Yanjaa!!
i proud of you
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I hope someday will be Vietnamese :-0
Love their BBQ
Ymar mundag ym be ene hvn shig boloh ymsan
Good luck Yanjaa. I am not professional scientist but I heard about the one result of brain science investigation, which is described; The Mongolian (especially Mongolian Buriad) people have biggest volume size of brain in the World Human. Hebrew people is second place in the world. So, brain size is might be closely related to the memory or intelligent of human. At this time, Mongolians are not smart people at all but A big future waiting for them.
Yanjaa Wintersoul gej? Hanaas iim nertei bolson be?
Her talking like a Valley Girl makes it confusing to believe that she is a memory expert.