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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear Professor Yamamoto</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am studying the endangered indigenous languages
of the Channel Islands, semi-autonomous dependencies of the British Crown in the
English Channel. The indigenous languages are dialects of Norman French and are
important from the point of view of historical linguistics, given the influence
of Norman French on English.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There are revitalisation movements in Jersey and
Guernsey, the two largest islands. Would these be of interest to Discovery
Channel? The islands are well-known as tourist resorts and for their cows, milk,
tomatoes, and potatoes, but very few tourists realise that they have their own
languages too. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>With best wishes</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Julia Sallabank</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=akira@ku.edu href="mailto:akira@ku.edu">Akira Y. Yamamoto</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=endangered-languages-l@cleo.murdoch.edu.au
href="mailto:endangered-languages-l@cleo.murdoch.edu.au">endangered-languages-l@cleo.murdoch.edu.au</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 17, 2002 5:39
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> ELL: Requesting your
assistance</DIV>
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<DIV>Dear ELLers:</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><X-TAB>
</X-TAB>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:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>(1) that will be illustrative in order to appeal to the
general public,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>(2) that have accessible contact persons,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>(3) that will not create any political problem with the
concerned government,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>(4) that may include spoken, written, or sign
language,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>(5) and that the language community is trying to
maintain, vitalize or revitalize their languages.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>The geographical areas they are looking <FONT face=Tahoma>for
are</FONT>:</DIV>
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<DIV>Great Britain/UK/Ireland<BR>Western EuropeNordic<BR>Eastern
Europe/Baltics<BR>Middle
East/Turkey/Africa<BR>Taiwan<BR>Malaysia<BR>Korea<BR>China<BR>Argentina<BR>Mexico<BR>Venezuela</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>Could anyone help identify such endangered
languages/language communities? Many thanks, Akira</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR>Akira Y. Yamamoto<BR>The University of Kansas<BR>Department of
Anthropology<BR>Fraser Hall 622<BR>1415 Jayhawk Blvd.<BR>Lawrence, KS
66045-7556<BR>Phone: (785) 864-2645<BR>FAX: (785) 864-5224<BR>Anthropology:
http://www.ukans.edu/~kuanth/<BR>Linguistics:
http://www.linguistics.ukans.edu/<BR><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>