Brian Loo Soon Hua

Maintaining proficiency in an endangered or low-resource language

A Talk by Brian Loo Soon Hua (Linguist, uTalk)

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About this Talk

Are you learning an endangered language? Or a rare one with very limited resources. Perhaps you are already fairly fluent in your target language and would like to maintain your proficiency despite the lack of resources? Join Brian, a lifelong language learner and polyglot, as he discussed some of the techniques he uses to maintain fluency in low-resource language.

10 January 2025, 05:00 PM

05:00 PM - 06:00 PM

About The Speakers

Brian Loo Soon Hua

Brian Loo Soon Hua

Linguist, uTalk

2025 Speaker

Over 20 years of studying phonology, morphology and syntax of indigenous languages in North America and Australia. Also, had a brief stint as a food technologist - but that was another lifetime ago. Currently works as a linguist for uTalk and a linguistics consultant with Miromaa.

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