PAN-DIASPORA CONSULTATION
A PAN-DIASPORA CONSULTATION ON THE “STATUS OF WESTERN ARMENIAN LANGUAGE IN THE DIASPORA TODAY” WILL BE HELD IN ANTELIAS
05/07/2010
His Holiness Aram I has nominated a committee to prepare the third Consultation on the theme of “Western Armenian language and Armenian Studies Today”, to be held in Antelias 14-16 September2010. These series of consultations have been organized in cooperation with the Armenian Affairs Department of the Gulbenkian Foundation. The first conference was held in 2004 on the theme “Armenian Studies in the Diaspora”” and the second in 2008 on “Teaching Armenian History and Language in the Diaspora”.
The purpose of the forthcoming consultation is to analyze the usage of Western Armenian in the diaspora today and its mutation by foreign languages. Like many other languages, Armenian is being influenced by the local languages where the diaspora communities live, and by the need to create new vocabulary to keep pace with the advancement of science and technology.
A large number of linguists, professors of Armenian Language and Literature and representatives of educational institutions have been invited to take part in this important event.
