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<DIV><FONT size=2>Hi everybody,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2> Some time ago I subscribed this list, but
for many reasons I left the debate and I dedicated to other questions. Now, from
a new perspective and with renewal aims, I would like to be more implicated in
the promotion and defense of Chinook.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2> My name is Josep Carles Lainez, Linguist
(Catalan and Spanish languages & literatures), I live in Valencia, a
Mediterranean city in Spain, where I was born and raised, and since eighteen
years I am involved in the defense of European minority languages such as
Catalan, Aragonese or Occitanian, all of them belonging to a same linguistic
community.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2> I am going to read the article on
"diffusionism" that Linda (?) suggest. It is a very atractive subject and in
Europe, mainly in France, there has been archaeological discoveries very
impressive; for instance, a writing from 8.000 b. C (!!!). I will join the
discussion next Sunday.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2> A last thing: forgive my
English!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2> Regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2> Josep Carles</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>