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<FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>Also see Peter Austin’s critque of the UNESCO atlas:<BR>
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<a href="http://blogs.usyd.edu.au/elac/2009/02/unescos_atlas_of_the_worlds_la_1.html">http://blogs.usyd.edu.au/elac/2009/02/unescos_atlas_of_the_worlds_la_1.html</a><BR>
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On 15/04/09 2:54 AM, "Dave Pearson" <dave_pearson@SIL.ORG> wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'><FONT COLOR="#1F497D">At the launch in February the Editor-in-chief of the Atlas, Christopher Moseley, discussed the challenges of locating languages, single data points being easier and less controversial than areas defined by polygons. He has already had lots of feedback. UNESCO wants updates to improve the quality of the data and has supplied a questionnaire <a href="http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/index.php?pg=00213"><http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/index.php?pg=00213></a> . If you only have one comment to make and don’t want to fill in the questionnaire then write to <U>atlas@unesco.org <a href="mailto:atlas@unesco.org"><mailto:atlas@unesco.org></a> <BR>
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</FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT COLOR="#1F497D"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'><B>From:</B> Indigenous Languages and Technology [<a href="mailto:ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU]">mailto:ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU]</a> <B>On Behalf Of </B>Jimrem@AOL.COM<BR>
<B>Sent:</B> 10 April 2009 18:41<BR>
<B>To:</B> ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU<BR>
<B>Subject:</B> Re: [ILAT] Map Shows Thousands of Dead or Dying Languagesn(fwd link)<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'>>>I went to the UNESCO map (listed under resources below the article). Some<BR>
of the data is not quite accurate. Does anyone on this list know where/if<BR>
such data can be corrected? Without it taking endless amounts of time?<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'>I also would like to know how to correct this misinformation. The map shows</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'><FONT FACE="Arial"> </FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial">the Munsee dialect of Lenape (Delaware Indian language) in central PA as a living language, while the only speakers are in Ontario. The Unami dialect is shown in Maryland and listed as extinct. Lenape was spoken not in Maryland, but in northern DE, all of NJ, eastern PA, and southeastern NY state. We still have partial speakers located in OK.<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT SIZE="5"><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>Jim Rementer, director<BR>
Lenape Language Project<BR>
The Delaware Tribe<BR>
Bartlesville OK 74006<BR>
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