Guillaume Leduey | |
---|---|
![]() Guillaume Leduey in front of Eyak Lake (Cordova, Alaska) | |
Born | |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Linguistics |
Academic advisors | Michael E. Krauss |
Guillaume Leduey (born March 20, 1989) [1] is a French linguist and polyglot from Le Havre, France, [2] [3] and also a sculptor. [4] Leduey is known for studying the extinct Eyak language and active participation in the campaign to revive Eyak. [5]
Leduey is a polyglot, and he is able to speak five languages besides Eyak: [2] French, English, German, Chinese, Georgian and some Lithuanian. [6] Leduey became interested in the dying Eyak language after he learned about its last native speaker, Marie Smith Jones, on the Internet. [5] At 12 or 13 years old he ordered Eyak text, audio materials and DVDs and started to study it. [2] [4]
Leduey engaged in email communication with the Eyak Preservation Council, which was conducting an Eyak Language preservation project and Laura Bliss Spaan, a filmmaker of learning DVDs, [6] and met her when she visited France. [6] Later, Leduey contacted Michael E. Krauss, and in July 2010 he visited Cordova, Alaska, the Eyak ancestral homelands, in order to get instructions and further training in Eyak. [2] [5] Under the academic assistance of Krauss, Leduey began analyzing Eyak tales. [2] Together with Krauss, Bliss Spaan and the Eyak Preservation Council they are working to revive Eyak [4] by publishing Eyak words and phrases on websites like Facebook and Twitter [4] and helping Eyaks study their language. During his visit to Alaska, Leduey also studied Eyak traditions, including culinary ones. [6]
Guillaume Leduey | |
---|---|
![]() Guillaume Leduey in front of Eyak Lake (Cordova, Alaska) | |
Born | |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Linguistics |
Academic advisors | Michael E. Krauss |
Guillaume Leduey (born March 20, 1989) [1] is a French linguist and polyglot from Le Havre, France, [2] [3] and also a sculptor. [4] Leduey is known for studying the extinct Eyak language and active participation in the campaign to revive Eyak. [5]
Leduey is a polyglot, and he is able to speak five languages besides Eyak: [2] French, English, German, Chinese, Georgian and some Lithuanian. [6] Leduey became interested in the dying Eyak language after he learned about its last native speaker, Marie Smith Jones, on the Internet. [5] At 12 or 13 years old he ordered Eyak text, audio materials and DVDs and started to study it. [2] [4]
Leduey engaged in email communication with the Eyak Preservation Council, which was conducting an Eyak Language preservation project and Laura Bliss Spaan, a filmmaker of learning DVDs, [6] and met her when she visited France. [6] Later, Leduey contacted Michael E. Krauss, and in July 2010 he visited Cordova, Alaska, the Eyak ancestral homelands, in order to get instructions and further training in Eyak. [2] [5] Under the academic assistance of Krauss, Leduey began analyzing Eyak tales. [2] Together with Krauss, Bliss Spaan and the Eyak Preservation Council they are working to revive Eyak [4] by publishing Eyak words and phrases on websites like Facebook and Twitter [4] and helping Eyaks study their language. During his visit to Alaska, Leduey also studied Eyak traditions, including culinary ones. [6]