MINISTRY OF CULTURE: Basic Talossan language courses!

[Miestrâ Schivâ, UrN]

The Ministry of Culture is pleased to announce that a long-term objective of the current Minister is near to being completed. Through the long work of the Ladîntsch Naziunál and other Talossan-speakers, we are coming very close to the release of major new materials which will enable every since citizen of our proud nation to learn and speak the basics of our national language, el glheþ Talossán.

UPDATE: It is now released.

[Eðo Grischun]

Minister,

I am sure a massive amount of work has gone into the creation of these new Talossan materials for which we are all grateful.

Could I ask whether the new learning materials will be in line with modern Talossan or if archaic elements of our language have been used? I ask because I know your own preference is to use older versions of the National Language and I'm just wondering if the new material could lead to confusion if it contradicts other guides and books already published.

[Miestrâ Schivâ, UrN]

The learning materials have been put together main by the Ladîntsch Naziunál, a known supporter of Reformed Spelling, so I assume that will be used. This is something that I'm pretty relaxed about these days.

[Sir Alexandreu Davinescu]

Who is the Ladîntsch Naziunál? I looked on the wiki but we don't seem to have a page for that. I know Iustì Carlüs Canun is the CUG President... is Sir C. M. Siervicül the Ladîntsch Naziunál?

[Sir C. M. Siervicül]

I am. And yes, the course is based on the latest recommendations of the CÚG, as are most Talossan materials produced over the past few years.

[Eðo Grischun]

Thanks to you both for answering my query. I was simply curious.

[Sir Alexandreu Davinescu]

Can't wait to see it, Cresti!

[Miestrâ Schivâ, UrN]

It's just getting the once-over at MiniCult Towers and it should be good to go within 24 hours.

[Miestrâ Schivâ, UrN]

C'è tîmp. The official announcement from el Ladîntsch Naziunál, Sir C. M. Siervicül:

The Büreu del Glheþ has produced a short course in the Talossan vocabulary most useful for all citizens, whether they intend to study the language further or just want an introduction to the Talossan words and phrases most likely to appear in Talossan English. This course consists of 150 words and phrases related to Talossan public institutions and officials, geography, culture, law, and politics. The course is available in two formats.

The first, on Memrise, features audio for all terms and facilitates vocabulary review based on spaced repetition, which times successive reviews of words to maximise long-term retention and minimise your chances of forgetting what you've learned. The Memrise course is available at:

Memrise course

The second, on Quizlet, lets you study using unique "Scatter" and "Space Race" games as well as more traditional flashcard and testing modes. The Quizlet course is available at:

Quizlet course

Both Memrise and Quizlet also offer free iOS and Android apps, so you can easily study Talossan vocabulary wherever you go.

Other courses and reference materials are in the works. We hope to announce the release of additional resources over the coming weeks. ¡Estetz Talossan, es parletz Talossan!

[Sir C. M. Siervicül]

I would strongly encourage everyone to register an account on Memrise and sign up for the course. If we get 100 learners, they will add Talossan to the list of languages in their course directory (instead of the course appearing under "Other Languages").

[Sir Alexandreu Davinescu]

Already signed up! Great work, Sir Cresti! And great work, S:da Ministra!

[Dr. Txec dal Nordselvă]

Well there are certainly quite a few ways to refer to the Prime Minister!

[Lüc da Schir]

I've signed up and tried it out. It's great being able to pronounce seneschalsqab properly

[Lüc da Schir]

I've also discovered that Tric'hard Carschaleir's avatar on Memrise is a picture of Vivec from TES III Morrowind, so that presumably makes four of us Elder Scrolls lovers in Talossa.

[Françal Ian Lux]

Wait Talossa's in memrise?? Great!