Magu babanod yn ddwyieithog – erthygl ddiddorol o’r Christian Science Monitor. Mae’n dod o safbwynt Americanaidd, ond mae trafodaeth yn berthnasol iawn i ni Gymry.

Whatever the motive for maintaining a bilingual household, linguists emphasize that parents must understand the long-term commitment it requires. That includes having clear goals.

“You must have specific ideas about what you want your child to be able to do in both languages,” says Ms. Myles.

Parents must devise strategies for achieving their goals, she adds. And they must be consistent, using a particular language at a certain time, with a certain person, or in specific situations. Myles also advises parents to avoid mixing languages, so children will hear each tongue in a pure form.

Mae hyn yn cydfynd â beth dwedodd Marion Löffler ar raglen Sulwyn sbel yn ôl am ei phrofiad hi magu plentyn mewn tair iaith. Ro’n i’n synnu pa mor strict o’n nhw am pryd siaradon nhw Cymraeg, neu’r Saesneg, neu’r Almaeneg, ond mae’n debyg oedden nhw wedi penderfynnu o’r dechrau taw hwnna yw’r ffordd orau i fynd.

Mwy o erthyglau diddorol o’r un ffynhonen:

Conversion to immersion – dysgu plant dwad trwy gyfrwng yr iaith “frodorol” y wlad (Saesneg yn achos America, felly’r dyfynodau) yn lle cymysgydd o’r Saesneg ac iaith teulu’r plant. Dychmygwch rhywun yng Nghymru gyda digon o gerrig i ddweud:

In Lawrence, where about 14 percent of the public schools’ 12,000 students currently qualify for bilingual courses and where test scores on state achievement exams rank near the bottom, there’s been relatively little dispute about the need for a more successful approach to teaching every child English [Cymraeg, yma]. “We have a moral and ethical responsibility to make children proficient in the language of this country,” says Wilfredo Laboy, Lawrence’s school superintendent.

Byddai Llew Smith yn farw o’r sioc.

Hefyd: A retreat from foreign languages? Ydy Americanwyr yn llai tebyg i ddysgu ail-iaith yn sgil Medi 11eg?

Geirfa celfyddydau a phensaerniaeth yr oesoedd canol yn Saesneg, ond yn ddefnyddiol iawn ta beth, gyda lluniau bach.

Marwolaeth Bidayuh. Iaith arall dw i erioed wedi clywed amdani, ac mae bron â marw.

Mae ’na rywbeth trist a doniol am yr erthygl hon am ffair Cyfeillion yr Iaith Saesneg yn Angola. Cymerwch y ddau baragraff isod:

The fair, which takes place since 1999, aims at exchanging and divulging Angolan socio-cultural reality with the English community through the exhibition of plastic arts, literature, music, dance and pictures, that illustrate the touristic potentialities of those countries that will participate at the event.

The Club of English Language’s Friends was founded in 1996 and aims at promoting the teaching and speaking of Shakespeare’s language in Angola.

Mwy trist na doniol, falle.

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Tranc iaith – erthygl gan Margit Waas sy’n cynnwys diffiniadau da o dermau fel arthreuliad ieithyddol:

More abrupt forms of non-pathological language loss occur for example in language attrition which is intragenerational and belongs to the realm of language contact where one language overpowers another. Language attrition of an L1 or Ln frequently takes place through in-/voluntary migration. Further, two processes may emerge among speakers under the condition of asymmetrical prestige.

Rhywbeth fel sefyllfa lle mae aelodau y gymuned ieithyddol gref yn gallu chwerthin ar ben y lleiafrif gwan, yn enwedig y rhai sydd yn ddigon ffôl i geisio atal marwolaeth eu diwylliant.

Archif Archwilio Arthreuliad Ieithyddol – llyfryddiaeth anhygoel i unrhywun gyda diddordeb yn y maes GSI.

This bibliography was first created in July 1997 by Margit Waas who bequeathed it in January 2000 to Lynne Hansen. Although no claim is made for completeness, the aim is to provide a current overview and research tool for those interested in or working on particular aspects of language loss.

Mae Glosses yn ôl, gyda cofnod diddorol am Wintu, un o ieithoedd Gogledd Califfornia.

Erthygl hir (Saesneg) ar ymdrechion i wrthdroi shifft ieithyddol yn Llydaw, gan ddilyn patrym Fishman. Mae darn ar y sefyllfa yng Nghymru yn ddiddorol:

In general it can be said that the Welsh aspire to language maintenance and to arrest the decline of the language in the Welsh speaking heartland, that is to say northern and western Wales rather than to any more ambitious plans to go on the offensive and reestablish the language in parts of Wales where it has died out. It remains to be seen how successful this fairly conservative policy will be since the situation of the Welsh language today is more serious than many realise. Only about 6% of Welsh children are still being raised in Welsh even though about 20%-25% of the population can be considered Welsh speaking.

Ddim yn cofio blogio hyn o’r blaen: cyflweliad â Joshua Fishman ar adnoddau ieithyddol a diwylliannol.

Language-minority groups want more than tolerance, token programs, and “transitional aspirin.” They want cultural democracy.

A phen Janet Street-Porter ar blat arian, plîs.

Mae Louis Quigley, dyn yn ei 70au o New Brunswick, Canada, wedi mynd â’i lywodraeth i’r llys i sicrhau darllediad dwyieithog o’r Senedd (fel mae’u rheolau eu hunain yn dweud y dylen nhw wneud). Mae wedi ennill mewn un llys, ond nawr mae’r llywodraeth yn apelio ac mae Quigley yn rhedeg mas o arian.

Ymdrechion i arbed Shoreg, iaith Tyrcig gyda llai na 10,000 o siaradwyr. Dw i ddim yn siwr ond dw i’n credu eu bod nhw’,n anghywir ynglyn â iaith frodorol David Crystal.

Es i i weld Bob Delyn neithiwr, felly oedd y paragraff hyn yn canu clochiau gyda fi:

One further factor that could help the Shors is the fascination many Russians have with shamanism. The Shors have their own unique form of shamanism. The Shor term for a shaman is “kam.” A male “kam” beats a tambourine gently and drinks a weak alcoholic beverage to induce a shamanistic trance, during which he visits the spirit world to rescue the lost souls of persons who have fallen sick.

Dyna i chi Twm Morys, y kam Cymraeg!