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Sunday, June 29, 2008

Linguasoft presentation in Domagaya, during Quebec City's 400th anniversary


This was an honor to present our technology and process for preserving languages, at this historical event held in Quebec City. Our partnership with SAT gave us the pleasure to hold our booth in the Satosphere, a wonderful immersive environment designed and developed by SAT, dubbed Domagaya for the celebration.
Our booth had a lot of attendance of visitors from various countries and cultures. Besides presenting our products and services, we also took every opportunity to promote other language maintenance initiatives.

Saturday, June 07, 2008

Japanese Diet officially declares Ainu indigenous

The Ainu celebrated a historic moment Friday as the Diet unanimously passed a resolution that recognizes them as indigenous people of Japan.
The unprecedented resolution was adopted by both chambers, acknowledging the Ainu's hardships from discrimination and poverty.
"This is a historical event for us because the past injustices were finally put to an end," said Tadashi Kato, chairman of the Ainu Association of Hokkaido, who came to Tokyo to hear the Diet resolution from the gallery. "I am so thankful that the light has shone on us," he said, his voice full of emotion.

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