Lost for words (fwd article)

[Anggarrgoon]

Sandra, I don't understand what you're proposing. We have heaps of 
information about the phonology of Guugu Yimidhirr, we don't need to 
reconstruct it from Aboriginal English (which is itself a very 
complicated system to describe since it is subject to a great deal of 
variation dependent on many different factors).
Claire

Jesse Gaskell wrote:
> Has anyone begun recording the GuuguYimithirr-English Dialect of the
> Australian English (or any language for that matter) to try to bring
> this language back? (read Dr. Julia Roberts and her work on Vermont
> dialects)In order to be slated as a dialect, the educational system
> would need to recognize the original language and it's effects upon the
> current generational usage of the English-Australian language. This
> could bring funding back to the younger generation and promote the
> recognition of the ancient phonological system ???? I agree it is so
> downtrodden a feeling- and a lonely place for the Elders today- just a
> thought about revitalization from a compromising position in today's
> world-and a way to motivate the younger people to participate.
> 
> Sandra Gaskell, RPA, MA
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Indigenous Languages and Technology
> [mailto:ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU] On Behalf Of phil cash cash
> Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 11:58 AM
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> Subject: [ILAT] Lost for words (fwd article)
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> 
> Lost for words: The lonely fight to save our dying languages
> by John Van Tiggelen
> 
> ...reporting on the situation regarding the indigenous languages of Cape
> York Pennisula.
> 
> Weekend, The Sydney Morning Herald Magazine
> Sept 10, 2005
> 
> 
> [note: thanks to Bruce Rigsby, University of Queensland for kindly
> sharing this article.  phil cash cash]
>