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You are here: Home » About Us » Statement of Purpose UNITY IN BIOCULTURAL DIVERSITY Terralingua has two basic purposes. First, to promote the investigation of the links between biological, cultural, and linguistic diversity, as well as the adoption of an integrated biocultural perspective on the perpetuation, maintenance and revitalization of diversity on Earth. We think that a better understanding of diversity will be gained through interdisciplinary research and applied work involving people from a wide range of fields, backgrounds, and ethnic origins. We seek to build bridges and synergies between groups and individuals working in support of the world’s diverse peoples and their languages and cultures and those working to conserve species and ecosystems. We particularly wish to reach out to community-based groups and individuals working on “the front lines,” to establish the partnerships that are at the heart of Terralingua’s vision. We serve as a rallying point for those who share our beliefs and who want to join us in taking action. Terralingua’s second purpose is to foster the perpetuation of the world’s linguistic diversity in all its forms, regardless of political, demographic, or linguistic status, and to promote respect for linguistic human rights. Our emphasis is on supporting and maintaining language diversity as a whole and fostering the resilience of bioculturally diverse regions rather than on language endangerment per se or documentation of specific endangered languages. Terralingua is a new (1996) international organization committed to: the preservation of linguistic diversity in our world; the exploration of connections between linguistic and biological diversity. Statement of Purpose. Terralingua: partnerships for linguistic and biological diversity. Terralingua recognizes: - That the diversity of languages and their variant forms is a vital part of the world’s cultural diversity; - That cultural diversity and biological diversity are not only related, but often inseparable; and - That, like biological species, many languages and their variant forms around the world are now faced with an extinction crisis whose magnitude may well prove very large. Terralingua declares: That every language, along with its variant forms, is inherently valuable and therefore worthy of being preserved and perpetuated, regardless of its political, demographic, or linguistic status; That deciding which language to use, and for what purposes, is a basic human right inhering to members of the community of speakers now using the language or whose ancestors traditionally used it; and That such usage decisions should be freely made in an atmosphere of tolerance and reciprocal respect for cultural distinctiveness — a condition that is a prerequisite for increased mutual understanding among the world’s peoples and a recognition of our common humanity. Therefore, Terralingua sets forth the following goals: To help preserve and perpetuate the world’s linguistic diversity in all its variant forms (languages, dialects, pidgins, creoles, sign languages, languages used in rituals, etc.) through research, programs of public education, advocacy, and community support. To learn about languages and the knowledge they embody from the communities of speakers themselves, to encourage partnerships between community-based language/cultural groups and scientific/professional organizations who are interested in preserving cultural and biological diversity, and to support the right of communities of speakers to language self-determination. To illuminate the connections between cultural and biological diversity by establishing working relationships with scientific/professional organizations and individuals who are interested in preserving cultural diversity (such as linguists, educators, anthropologists, ethnologists, cultural workers, native advocates, cultural geographers, sociologists, and so on) and those who are interested in preserving biological diversity (such as biologists, botanists, ecologists, zoologists, physical geographers, ethnobiologists, ethnoecologists, conservationists, environmental advocates, natural resource managers, and so on), thus promoting the joint preservation and perpetuation of cultural and biological diversity. To work with all appropriate entities in both the public and private sectors, and at all levels from the local to the international, to accomplish the foregoing. Please contact us if you are interested in translating our Statement of Purpose into your mother tongue!
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Eagraíocht idirnáisiúnta nua is ea Terralingua, a chaitheann a dúthracht le: Ilghnéitheacht theangeolaíoch an domhain a chaomhnú, agus Na ceangail a fhiosrú idir ilghnéitheacht an chultúir agus an ilghnéitheacht bhitheolaíoch. Leanann coimriú gearr de na cuspóirí Terralingua: RÁITEAS ÁR gCUSPÓRA. Terralingua: páirtíocht chun na hilghnéitheachta idir theangeolaíche agus bhitheolaíche. Aithníonn Terralingua: Gur páirt riachtanach de ilghnéitheachta chultúr an domhain í ilghnéitheacht na dteangacha agus a bhfoirmeacha éagsúla; Nach amháin gaolmhar ilghnéitheacht an chultúir agus an ilghnéitheacht bhitheolaíoch, ach gur dodheighilte atá siad chomh maith; Go bhfuil a lán teangacha agus a bhfoirmeacha éagsúla, mar atá speicis bhitheolaíocha chomh maith, i mbaol dula in éag, baol ab fhéidir gurb ollmhór é. Fógraíonn Terralingua: Go bhfuil gach aon teanga, maraon lena foirmeacha éagsúla, luachmhar ó dhúchas agus mar sin de, is fiú í a chaomhnú agus a leanúint a spreagadh, gan bheann a bheith againn ar an stádas polaitiúil nó daonghráfach nó teangeolaíoch a bhaineann léi; Gur ceart bunúsach an duine é an teanga a chuireann sé i bhfeidhm a roghnú, ceart is dúchas ag baill den phobal a labhraíonn an teanga anois, nó a labhraíodh a gcuid sinsear go traidisiúnta í; agus Gur ceart é go ndéantar a leithéid de roghanna úsáide go saor, i dtimpeallacht chaoinfhulaingthe agus chóimheasa ar sháiniúlacht an chultúir – coinníoll is réamhriachtanas le feabhas a chur ar an chomhthuiscint idir ciníocha an domhain, agus le haitheantas a thabhairt dár gcomhdhaonnacht. Mar sin de, tá na cuspóirí seo a leanas ag Terralingua: Cuidiú ilghnéitheacht theangeolaíoch den domhan a chaomhnú, agus leanúint na dteangacha a spreagadh i ngach aon fhoirm éagsúil (teangacha, canúintí, francbhéarlaí, teangacha comharthaí, crióil, teangacha deasghnácha, srl.) trí thaighde, tionscadail oideachais phoiblí, moladh agus tacaíocht phobail. Fáil amach faoi na teangacha agus faoin eolas a chorpraíonn siad agus sin a dhéanamh ó na pobail féin a labhartha; comhar a spreagadh idir grúpaí teanga/cultúir bunaithe sa phobal agus eagraíochtaí eolaíocha/gairmiúla ar mhaith leo ilghnéitheacht an chultúir agus an ilghnéitheacht bhitheolaíoch a chaomhnú; agus ceart phobail labhartha a thacú an teanga a chuireann siad i bhfeidhm a roghnú dóibh féin. Na ceangail a thabhairt chun suntais idir ilghnéitheacht an chultúir agus an ilghnéitheacht bhitheolaíoch trí caidrimh oibre a bhunú idir eagraíochtaí eolaíocha/gairmiúla agus daoine aonair ar mhaith leo ilghnéitheacht an chultúir a chaomhnú (teangeolaithe, oidí, antraipeolaithe, eitneolaithe, oibrithe cultúir, cosantóirí dúchasacha, tíreolaithe an chultúir, socheolaithe, srl.) agus iad ar mhaith leo an ilghnéitheacht bhitheolaíoch a chaomhnú (bitheolaithe, luibheolaithe, éiceolaithe, míoleolaithe, tíreolaithe fisiceach, eitnebhitheolaithe, eitnéiceolaithe, caomhnóirí, cosantóirí imshaoil, bainisteoirí acmhainne nádúrtha, srl.) mar sin de, caomhnú agus leanúint chomhpháirteacha de ilghnéitheacht an chultúir agus an ilghnéitheacht bhitheolaíoch a chur chun cinn. Oibriú i dteannta leis na dronga feiliúnacha i dteascóga idir phoiblí agus phríobháideach, agus ar gach caighdeán ó áitiúil go hidirnáisiúnta, lena bhfuil roimhe seo a chur i gcrích. Cuir san áireamh é go dtáirgtear an chuid is mó de na scéalaí Therralingua as Béarla ó thús, agus gur saorálaithe a dhéanann na haistriúcháin go teangacha eile agus iad ag obair ina gcuid ama shaoir. Mar sin de, fiú má bhíonn de chuspóir againn rudaí a aistriú go gach ar féidir de theangacha, ní féidir linn gealladh go n-aistreofar go Gaeilge gach aon scéala atá le teacht. Má tá tú buartha faoi theangacha an domhain, nó speicis bhitheolaíocha, nó an bheirt acu, ag imeacht in éag, iarrann muid ort clárú le Terralingua. Níl táille ar bith ann, níl ort ach d’ainm, do sheoladh, d’uimhir theileafóin agus faics agus do sheoladh email a chur chugainn. Má ba mhaith leat cuidiú linn trí airgead a thabhairt dúinn, áfach, iarrann muid ort US$10 ar a laghad a thabhairt sa bhliain (seiceanna agus orduithe idirnáisiúnta airgid iníoctha le Terralingua). Tá áthas orainn faoi do thacaíocht. Go raibh céad maith agat. Aistrithe ag Colin Parmar.