CromanMacNessa: [CELTIC-T] 2002 enrollment figures from MLA

[Elizabeth J. Pyatt]

From: XPrinceHawkX at aol.com
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 05:26:45 EST
To: CELTLING at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG

>>FYI -  Celtic-T has published figures for Celtic language
>>enrollment from the MLA survey of higher education language
>>enrollments in the U.S. (See figures below)
>>


Madainn mhath, a h-uile duine.

I'm a bit behind, so apologies for coming to this late.  However,
there is one rant I must make regarding this.

I wonder if this takes into account the fact that Spanish, French,
and German are offered in virtually every college, while Celtic
studies are offered only in very few.  I maintain that this apparent
"lack of interest" is actually "lack of opportunity," but will
probably be used as an excuse to continue to deny opportunity.

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>In a message dated 11/13/2003 12:26:25 PM Central Standard Time,
>ejp10 at psu.edu writes:
>
>>FYI -  Celtic-T has published figures for Celtic language
>>enrollment from the MLA survey of higher education language
>>enrollments in the U.S.
>>
>>
>>>
>>
>>>But I thought you might like to see the figures for the Celtic languages:
>>>(I am using the names and enrollments exactly as they appear in
>>>the MLA report.)
>>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>
>>>Language                      1998             2002
>>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>
>>>Gaelic, Scottish                50                4
>>>
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>>>Irish                          278               705
>>>
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>>>Irish, Modern                  0                 8
>>>
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>>>Irish, Old                     48                3
>>>
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>>>Welsh                          17                32
>>>
>>
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>>>Welsh, Early                   0                 6
>>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>
>>>To get some sense, here are a few non-Celtic enrollments
>>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>
>>>Spanish       656,590             746,602
>>>
>>
>>
>>>French        199,064             202,014
>>>
>>
>>
>>>German         89,020             100,112
>>>
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>>
>>>Swahili         1,241               1,593
>>>
>>
>>
>>>Yiddish           338                 438
>>>
>>
>>
>>>Modern Greek      646                 804
>>>
>>
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