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University of Eastern Finland has received more funding from the Ministry of Education and Culture of Finland to continue the Karelian language revitalization project

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Tags: finland, karelian, education.higher, university of eastern finland, culture of finland, politics, policy.education, funding, cultural heritage, communities, finnic, learning.language, russia, author.elizaveta vereykina, source.thebarentsobserver
https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/2023/08/karelian-language-revival-project-gets-more-funding-finland-language-risk-disappearing

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"Young generations are waking up. They are worried as they realize something important could be gone". Karelian language revival project gets more funding in Finland.
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  1. unkz
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    I can see some vague value in preserving elements of a culture for historical research reasons (eg. recorded interviews), but I have difficulty in seeing what the point is in trying to fund the...

    I can see some vague value in preserving elements of a culture for historical research reasons (eg. recorded interviews), but I have difficulty in seeing what the point is in trying to fund the day to day speaking of a dying language with only a few thousand speakers. The point of language is to be useful for communication, how is this helping that?

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