SANTA CRUZ– Nido de Lenguas Summer Camp

Participants at Summer Camp 2017 learning words in Zapotec with UC Santa Cruz linguist Steven Foley. Photo Credit: Pranav Anand

SANTA CRUZ– Nido de Lenguas: Summer Camp is a one-day event where anybody can explore the indigenous languages of Oaxaca, learning how to speak either the Mixtec of San Martín Peras or the Zapotec of Santiago Laxopa. A collaboration with Senderos, Summer Camp brings together community members with native speaker teachers and linguists from UC Santa Cruz. There are fun group activities and fast-paced games, all geared toward learning a Oaxacan language.

Free and open to the public. Appropriate for anyone over the age of 12. Registration online is required: http://wlma.ucsc.edu/nidodelenguas/summercamp/.

Explore los idiomas de Oaxaca!

Saturday, September 29, 2018, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Santa Cruz Adult School, 319 La Fonda Ave, Santa Cruz

This event is supported by California Humanities through an Humanities for All Project Grant entitled 

Taking Flight: Conversations in and about the Oaxacan Languages of the Central Coast