Reply to" ELL: Requesting your assistance"

[Coelho]

That's interesting .. I'd be interested in hearing about endangered
languages in South Asia. It seemed hard to find info on this issue.

Gail Coelho


At 09:58 AM 4/17/02 -0400, Lakhan Gusain wrote:
>Dear Akira,
>
>I received your mail through ELL List titled"ELL: Requesting your
>assistance" where you have mentioned the areas where languages are in
>Endangerment. Most of the world is covered in this list, I appreciate
>this. But there is no mention of SOUTH ASIA: India, Pakistan, Nepal, sri
>Lanka, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Malidives.....
>
>Do you think that There is NO endangered language in these countries?
>Whereas, according to rough estimate about ONE THOUSAND endangered
>dialects/languages are there in South Asia.
>
>Hope you will the consider this.
>
>All the best,
>
>Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D.
>Faculty
>Department of Asian Languages & Cultures
>3070, Frieze Building
>University of Michigan
>Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1285 (USA)
>--------------------------------------Original Message-------
>
>>From: "Akira Y. Yamamoto" <akira at ku.edu>
>>Reply-To: endangered-languages-l at cleo.murdoch.edu.au
>>To: endangered-languages-l at cleo.murdoch.edu.au
>>Subject: ELL: Requesting your assistance
>>Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 23:39:18 -0500
>>
>>Dear ELLers:
>>         Discovery Channel, the world's leading non-fiction entertainment
>>channel dedicated to helping people explore the world, will form a
>>promotional partnership with the United Nations Educationa, Scientific and
>>Cultural Organizaiton (UNESCO) aimed at generating awareness for endangered
>>languages and cultural heritage.  To this end, Discovery Channel plans to
>>produce the ginettes/films of up to 2 minutes in length each related to
>>language preservation and the value of languages both as a means of
>>communication and expression of cultural identity.  UNESCO/Discovery
>>Channel need to have 2~4 examples of endangered language communities in
>>each of the countries listed below.  We are asked to provide such examples
>>of endangered languages to be filmed and they want examples:
>>(1) that will be illustrative in order to appeal to the general public,
>>(2) that have accessible contact persons,
>>(3) that will not create any political problem with the concerned government,
>>(4) that may include spoken, written, or sign language,
>>(5) and that the language community is trying to maintain, vitalize or
>>revitalize their languages.
>>
>>The geographical areas they are looking for are:
>>
>>Great Britain/UK/Ireland
>>Western EuropeNordic
>>Eastern Europe/Baltics
>>Middle East/Turkey/Africa
>>Taiwan
>>Malaysia
>>Korea
>>China
>>Argentina
>>Mexico
>>Venezuela
>>
>>Could anyone help identify such endangered languages/language communities?
>>Many thanks, Akira
>>
>>
>>
>>Akira Y. Yamamoto
>>The University of Kansas
>>Department of Anthropology
>>Fraser Hall 622
>>1415 Jayhawk Blvd.
>>Lawrence, KS 66045-7556
>>Phone: (785) 864-2645
>>FAX: (785) 864-5224
>>Anthropology: http://www.ukans.edu/~kuanth/
>>Linguistics: http://www.linguistics.ukans.edu/
>
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