IDENTIFYING CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS FOR WESTERN ARMENIAN FINAL DAY
23/8/2011
On the third day of the conference, participants discussed two topics: how the Church, family and civil society organizations in the community might best preserve the western Armenian language, and how computer technology can be used in teaching western Armenian.
After plenary discussion, the ‘listeners’ presented the draft report with recommendations for general discussion. Before closing the conference, His Holiness Aram I announced the creation of a council of linguists to revitalize the western Armenian language. The council’s brief will be to standardize the use of western Armenian in publications. He then thanked Dr. Zaven Yegavian, Director of the Armenian Section of Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, for facilitating the conference. The Catholicos also thanked the participants for their valuable contributions.
