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The City of Monterey held its 3rd Annual Language Captial of the World Festival on Sunday, May 7. Volunteers from the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, Naval Post Graduate School, and Middlebury Institute came together to with other cultural performances from all over California to help put on a memorable show for the community. (U.S. Army photo by Amber K. Whittington)
Photo by Hiro Chang
The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center opened its doors to the public on May 15 for its annual Language Day event.
The event showcased the cultures of the different departmental languages being taught here through dance, skits and fashion shows.
Exhibits were also presented throughout the school grounds with local Monterey ethnic vendors selling their local cuisines to the customers.
Nearly 2,000 high school students and teachers attended Language Day.
Publication: 1943
Language(s): English
Format: Still image
Subject(s): Recreation,
Hospitals, Military, World War II, Anniversaries and Special Events, Australia
United States. Army. General Hospital, 4th.
Genre(s): Pictorial Works
Abstract: A group of men wearing wigs, bras, and bloomers dances across a stage in a theater in front of an audience of servicemen.
Extent: 1 photographic print : 11 x 13 cm.
Technique: black and white
NLM Unique ID: 101442974
NLM Image ID: A015386
Permanent Link: resource.nlm.nih.gov/101442974
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. – More than 3,000 students from across California visited the Presidio of Monterey on May 13 for DLIFLC’s Language Day. Students, educators and other participants were treated to stage performances, classroom displays and ethnic cuisine, highlighting the cultures of the many foreign languages taught here.
Official Presidio of Monterey Web site
Official Presidio of Monterey Facebook
PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
(Top) International Conlangs: Esperanto & Other Auxiliary Languages
The dream of creating a language understandable by the entire world has been around for centuries. Many early proponents of these universal languages advocated a return to the days before the Tower of Babel; others see their calling as a purely modern phenomenon. Providing the world with a neutral, universal language free of national and ethnic partisanship, in these people’s view, would alleviate much suffering and misunderstanding in the world. The most well-known international auxiliary language is Esperanto but many others have been (and are still being) proposed. The dream lives on...
(Zamenhof caption) Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof
“Dr. Esperanto”
L. L. Zamenhof was born in Bialystok (in what is now Poland) on Dec. 15, 1859. A Russian-speaking Jew living in an area of ethnic and national tension, Zamenhof saw first-hand the trouble that competing languages could create. His theory was that tolerance could be fostered by use of an international language unencumbered by a connection to a specific country, and Zamenhof dedicated himself to creating just such a language. Along with a group of friends in school, the young idealist created a workable language. His father, uneasy about the reaction to a “secret” language in the contemporary political climate, burned all of Zamenhof’s notebooks while Ludwik was away at the University of Warsaw. The dream of a universal language was widespread at this time, and, in 1880, Johann Martin Schleyer created Volapük, which attracted a sizable number of users and even held several conventions.
Undaunted by this competition, Zamenhof by 1887 had reconstituted his work from the burned notebooks and published a textbook entitled Lingvo Internacia under the pseudonym Dr. Esperanto (“Dr. Hopeful” in his new language). The book included a pledge to use the new language for people to sign and send back to Zamenhof. Lingvo Internacia quickly acquired the name of its founder, and Esperanto was born. Encouraged by the significant (albeit less than hoped for) return of pledges, the first Esperanto magazine, La Esperantisto, appeared in 1889. A number of Volapük clubs switched “allegiances” to Esperanto, due in large part to the fact that it was easier to learn than Volapük. Leo Tolstoy himself became an early supporter of Esperanto.
The first Esperanto World Congress was held in 1905 in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, with over 600 people attending. The same year, Zamenhof published his Fundamento de Esperanto, which would become the canon for the language. The Universala Esperanto-Asocio or “Universal Esperanto Association” was established in 1908. Over the years, the language has ebbed and flowed, and, today, there are an estimated two million Esperanto speakers worldwide. The Internet has also opened up unlimited possibilities with lively online communities and informational websites using Esperanto. Google (www.google.com/intl/eo/) and Wikipedia (Vikipedio - eo.wikipedia.org) are even available in the language.
The first feature-length movie entirely in Esperanto was the 1965 film Incubus starring William Shatner, who would later go on to play Capt. James T. Kirk in Star Trek. The 1997 sci-fi thriller Gattaca included announcements in the corporate headquarters in Esperanto.
Zamenhof's birthday is celebrated as Esperanto Day or Esperanto-Tago.
(Bottom left) Schisms in a Perfect World
Originally viewed as a means of bringing the world closer, Esperanto underwent a fracture early on when, in 1907, a group of Esperanto enthusiasts attempted to “correct” flaws they perceived in that language’s design. In fact, Zamenhof proposed most of the changes himself, but they were rejected by a poll of La Esperantisto readers. Zamenhof did not pursue instituting the changes, fearing a schism (which ended up happening anyway). The result of the revisionists was the language known as Ido, which is actually an Esperanto suffix meaning “derived from.”
One of the early advocates of Ido was Danish linguist Otto Jespersen. Jespersen continued to have difficulties with the revised-Esperanto grammar of Ido and set about creating an entirely new international auxiliary language. The result, in 1928, was Novial, a compromise between a completely regular language like Esperanto and Ido and a natural language. Novial also drew on more Germanic and Western European sources for its words than either of its predecessors.
Johann Martin Schleyer’s Volapük was not immune to splintering as well. In 1887, the International Academy of Volapük or Kadem Bevünetik Volapüka set out to perfect the language. The result was called Idiom Neutral. In recognition of the major change, the name of the Academy was changed to Akademi Internasional de Lingu Universal in 1898. There are still speakers of Volapük, and Vükiped is the community’s version of Wikipedia.
(Bottom right) The Esperanto Flag
Green has been the color associated with Esperanto since its very beginnings. In an article published in La Esperantisto in 1893, the Green Star (verda stelo) was proposed as a symbol to recognize fellow speakers with the star representing the traditional five continents.
(Others in this case are a basic Esperanto grammar and phrases)
Photo by Hiro Chang, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs
The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center opened its doors to the public on May 15 for its annual Language Day event.
The event showcased the cultures of the different departmental languages being taught here through dance, skits and fashion shows.
Exhibits were also presented throughout the school grounds with local Monterey ethnic vendors selling their local cuisines to the customers.
Nearly 2,000 high school students and teachers attended Language Day.
After a two-year break, DLIFLC held its first Language Day celebration since the beginning of the pandemic. DLI friends and family enjoyed a day of performances by faculty and students and as an additional treat there was a demonstration by the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment Horse Detachment.
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. – More than 3,000 students from across California visited the Presidio of Monterey on May 13 for DLIFLC’s Language Day. Students, educators and other participants were treated to stage performances, classroom displays and ethnic cuisine, highlighting the cultures of the many foreign languages taught here.
Official Presidio of Monterey Web site
Official Presidio of Monterey Facebook
PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
Georgia Guidestones in eight different languages, one language on each face of the four large upright stones. Moving clockwise around the structure from due north, these languages are: English, Spanish, Swahili, Hindi, Hebrew, Arabic, Chinese, and Russian.
Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature.
Guide reproduction wisely — improving fitness and diversity.
Unite humanity with a living new language.
Rule passion — faith — tradition — and all things with tempered reason.
Protect people and nations with fair laws and just courts.
Let all nations rule internally resolving external disputes in a world court.
Avoid petty laws and useless officials.
Balance personal rights with social duties.
Prize truth — beauty — love — seeking harmony with the infinite.
Be not a cancer on the earth — Leave room for nature — Leave room for nature.
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. – More than 3,000 students from across California visited the Presidio of Monterey on May 13 for DLIFLC’s Language Day. Students, educators and other participants were treated to stage performances, classroom displays and ethnic cuisine, highlighting the cultures of the many foreign languages taught here.
Official Presidio of Monterey Web site
Official Presidio of Monterey Facebook
PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. – More than 3,000 students from across California visited the Presidio of Monterey on May 13 for DLIFLC’s Language Day. Students, educators and other participants were treated to stage performances, classroom displays and ethnic cuisine, highlighting the cultures of the many foreign languages taught here.
Official Presidio of Monterey Web site
Official Presidio of Monterey Facebook
PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. -- The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center held its 73rd Anniversary Ball on Nov. 1st, with more than 350 faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends in attendance. The event, sponsored in part by the DLI Alumni Association and Foundation, was held at the Naval Postgraduate School's historic Herrmann Hall, in Monterey. The guest speaker for the event was Ambassador Daniel Smith, Deputy Secretary for Intelligence and Research from the Department of State.
Official Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center Web site
Official Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center Facebook
PHOTO by Lopez Photography
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. – More than 3,000 students from across California visited the Presidio of Monterey on May 13 for DLIFLC’s Language Day. Students, educators and other participants were treated to stage performances, classroom displays and ethnic cuisine, highlighting the cultures of the many foreign languages taught here.
Official Presidio of Monterey Web site
Official Presidio of Monterey Facebook
PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. – More than 3,000 students from across California visited the Presidio of Monterey on May 13 for DLIFLC’s Language Day. Students, educators and other participants were treated to stage performances, classroom displays and ethnic cuisine, highlighting the cultures of the many foreign languages taught here.
Official Presidio of Monterey Web site
Official Presidio of Monterey Facebook
PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center held their annual Language Day 2016 at the Presidio of Monterey, California, May 13 to promote and encourage cultural understanding and customs from around the world.
Approximately 5,000 people attended the event, which features cultural displays and activities as well as ethnic foods served by local international vendors on the Presidio’s Soldier Field every year.
(Photo by Patrick Bray)
Publication: [1963?]
Language(s): English
Format: Still image
Subject(s): Library Materials,
Library Technical Services
Genre(s): Pictorial Works
Abstract: Interior view: Material is stacked on book shelves, book trucks, and on some desks. In the foreground are journals indexed and index medicus bins with tabs.
Extent: 1 photographic print : 21 x 26 cm.
Technique: black and white
NLM Unique ID: 101445972
NLM Image ID: A017370
Permanent Link: resource.nlm.nih.gov/101445972
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. – More than 3,000 students from across California visited the Presidio of Monterey on May 13 for DLIFLC’s Language Day. Students, educators and other participants were treated to stage performances, classroom displays and ethnic cuisine, highlighting the cultures of the many foreign languages taught here.
Official Presidio of Monterey Web site
Official Presidio of Monterey Facebook
PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
Yes, I've recently picked up a set of Spanish language tutorial CDs. I've lived in San Antonio for over a decade and am constantly around Spanish speakers. It's about time I tried to learn the lingo, wouldn't you say?
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. – More than 3,000 students from across California visited the Presidio of Monterey on May 13 for DLIFLC’s Language Day. Students, educators and other participants were treated to stage performances, classroom displays and ethnic cuisine, highlighting the cultures of the many foreign languages taught here.
Official Presidio of Monterey Web site
Official Presidio of Monterey Facebook
PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. -- Operation Surf Santa Cruz 2016, a program aimed at helping rehabilitating service members and veterans through learning to surf, took place in the cities of Santa Cruz and Capitola April 12-18. Twenty participants, many amputees, arrived at the Monterey Bay from the Brooke Army Medical Center, Texas, the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, the Florida-based Explosive Ordnance Disposal Warrior Foundation and other veteran affairs hospitals and international veterans groups. Operation Surf spent their last two days of surfing at the coastal city of Capitola where they were well taken care of by a small army of volunteers that included service members from Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, located in neighboring Monterey.
Official Presidio of Monterey Web site
Official Presidio of Monterey Facebook
PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, California -- The 2017 Language Day celebration was held by the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center at the Presidio of Monterey, May 12. Language Day is open to the public and attended by schools throughout the region to promote an understanding of diverse customs and cultures from around the world. Approximately 5,000 people attended the annual event featuring cultural displays, activities and international ethnic cuisine served by local vendors on Presidio’s Soldier Field.
The event featured a Vietnam War veterans recognition ceremony. Vietnam War lapel pins authorized by Congress were individually presented by POM Garrison Commander Col. Lawrence Brown and Garrison Command Sgt. Maj. Roberto Marshall to approximately 75 Vietnam War veterans in attendance.
Official Presidio of Monterey Web site
Official Presidio of Monterey Facebook
PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
Hey, does anyone know what language or even what writing system this is? I found this note while out exploring with Charlotte (went back to the church from day 355, then found a new place with a bowling alley in the basement and a pile of really nice old keyboards collecting dust upstairs).
Day 3 of the Michelle Mynx Pole Extravaganza happened afterwards. I *still* almost ran out of memory card space, even having bought a new 64GB card to augment my three 32GB cards. What the hell? No catastrophes this night, at least.
The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center held their annual Language Day 2016 at the Presidio of Monterey, California, May 13 to promote and encourage cultural understanding and customs from around the world.
Approximately 5,000 people attended the event, which features cultural displays and activities as well as ethnic foods served by local international vendors on the Presidio’s Soldier Field every year.
(Photo by Amber K. Whittington)
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. -- A Ready and Resilient Service Member Wellness Fest was held at the Presidio's Soldier Field on Nov. 25. The event was coordinated for students of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center to learn about the various support agencies that can assist them or offer services during the stressful holiday season with a focus on Alcohol Awareness and Safety. The goal was to bring awareness to students in different, interactive formats so they will be able to prevent unwanted negative incidents in the future.
Official Presidio of Monterey Web site
Official Presidio of Monterey Facebook
PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
Henry R. Stern - 201 Dutch Verbs
Barron's Educational Series, 1979
Designer: Vincent Ceci
Art Director: Milton Glaser
The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center held their annual Language Day 2016 at the Presidio of Monterey, California, May 13 to promote and encourage cultural understanding and customs from around the world.
Approximately 5,000 people attended the event, which features cultural displays and activities as well as ethnic foods served by local international vendors on the Presidio’s Soldier Field every year.
(Photo by Amber K. Whittington)