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My friend Tim reports:<br><br>
"We've gotten confirmation from an Iroquoianist that it's
Mohawk. Many thanks to you and your colleagues for pointing us in
the right direction."<br><br>
Hats off to Erik Zobel and Steve Trussel who identified the text as
Iroquoian, and kudus to Ann Kumar who took a "long shot" and
actually pinpointed Mohawk! <br><br>
(P.S. Some people had written to me off the list.) <br><br>
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Hi,<br><br>
I have a friend who teaches linguistics at Dartmouth University. He
has been asked to help identify the language of a 1911 document.
Does the excerpt below look familiar to anyone out there?<br><br>
If you have a "hit" or a suggestion, I'd be happy to pass it
on. This fits in the "Oh, so you're a linguist. Can you ...
?" category of request, but maybe we can do our profession proud for
the Norwich Historical Society. :-)<br><br>
Thanks much, David<br><br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:46:38
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From: Tim Pulju <pulju@yahoo.com><br><br>
As it happens, I now have a passage for you. Just this morning,
someone gave me a transcript of a document found in the archives of the
Norwich Historical society, dated 1911. (Norwich is a small town
near Dartmouth). The transcript reads:<br><br>
"<font color="#800000"><b>Onen tonsa kerisa serako ne tisa tia ta
karha thon tsi te sepiaton ni sa tis la kamon ne kina sa hi ni
senkinenne...</b></font>"<br><br>
They're wondering what language it is. To me, it looks like it
could be Austronesian. Any thoughts?<br><br>
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