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(\u201cNach bruidhinn sinn mu dheidhinn Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig<\/a>, Colaiste Gh\u00e0idhlig na h-Alba, ann an Uidsian\u00e0guidsidh \u2013 c\u00e0nan Okinawa.\u201d)<\/p>\n\n\n\n At Guthan nan Eilean we centre our Gaelic attention on the Hebridean islands where the language is still most widely spoken, while reaching out to a worldwide community of interest. We believe this provides a firmly grounded platform, rooted in day-to-day vernacular practice, on which to build links and relationships with other linguistic communities who may be facing similar challenges, transcending nationally drawn boundaries of frequently debatable relevance or disputed authority for those who actually speak the languages in question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So we\u2019re delighted now to add Okinawan<\/a> \u2013 another island language at apparent risk of societal desuetude \u2013 to our list of Other Tongues<\/a> in which our films have been re-purposed. Here, Tomoko Arakaki<\/a> of the Okinawa Christian University<\/a> has provided a fresh voiceover for our short documentary film about Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig. This was first made in Gaelic and English for Series 2 Generations<\/a>, with a Breton<\/a> version following more recently. It\u2019s a source of pleasure and encouragement to us to make this concrete and practical new link across seas and continents, with a view to sharing news and ideas in a manner as suggested, for example, in the \u201cTwo Lands Many Languages<\/a>\u201d film which was shot mainly in Meghalaya during the International Year of Indigenous Languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hebridean communities have functioned bilingually for generations, with the balance only tipping drastically in a majoritised monocultural direction within the living memory of current residents \u2013 an experience commonly shared in similar contexts across the world. If Island Voices has anything to offer in terms of redressing that imbalance, we\u2019re more than happy to share lessons from our Gaelic work with others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n