From 1 January–31 December in 2026, politely send a mailing address to @pleaseholdpublications and we’ll send you a postcard with a way to say hello in a language indigenous to that area. Yes, for free! Yes, anywhere on Earth! And yes, it will have references for that language!
Postcards will be shared on this blog along with relevant language resources whenever possible. Feel free to join in and share your knowledge, too, through reblogs or tags.
Sometimes keeping a language in living memory can be as simple as just saying hello!
Some disclaimers:
By sending a mailing address, you are consenting to receiving mail at that address. Please do not submit anyone’s mailing address without their consent. The submitter is responsible for acquiring the consent to mail to the address they submit.
We will be using the mailing address offered to research indigenous languages as close to that area as possible. The address will be discarded after sending the postcard. We will not share it with anyone else. We will not share it on this blog. The region that the language is associated with will be recorded and publicly shared along with those language resources, but the mailing address will not be.
This project is run by hobbyists, not language experts. Words will be researched to the best of our ability, but should not be taken as expert information. Doing this as a hobby also takes time, possibly weeks before a reply can be mailed let alone successfully delivered. Please be patient.
We reserve the right to refuse answers to anyone.
