<div dir="ltr">Richard,I find myself asking the same question when I see the titles of many of the articles that pass through ILAT. Most of them say that a language is being preserved or revived through the effort described (classroom teaching, documentation, etc). I often wonder, what exactly is happening, if we move beyond those terms and look at the specifics? <br>
<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 1:28 PM, Richard Zane Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rzs@wildblue.net" target="_blank">rzs@wildblue.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">preserving it? or stretching an indigenous language to fit ancient Greek paradigms? <br></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 11:57 AM, Phil Cash Cash <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:weyiiletpu@gmail.com" target="_blank">weyiiletpu@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><h1 style="margin:0px;padding:15px 60px 8px 0px;font-weight:normal;font-size:38px;line-height:38px;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">How a Bible translation is preserving the Pitjantjatjara language</h1>
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<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;width:4000px;overflow:hidden">BY:</span><cite style="font-style:normal">RICHARD GUILLIATT</cite> </li><li style="display:inline;margin-right:5px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;width:4000px;overflow:hidden">From:</span><cite style="font-style:normal"><a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(39,127,156)" target="_blank">The Australian</a> </cite></li>
<li style="display:inline;margin-right:5px;font-size:11px;color:rgb(145,143,117)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">September 07, 2013</span> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">12:00AM</span></li>
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<div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:hidden"><p style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px 40px 0px 0px">IN 1943, two Christian missionaries living in mud huts among the Western Desert people at the remote outpost of Ernabella, central Australia, set about translating the King James Bible into Pitjantjatjara, an ancient language that had never been written down.</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px 40px 0px 0px"></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px 40px 0px 0px">Access full article below: </p><div><a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/saved-in-translation/story-e6frg8h6-1226713438361" target="_blank">http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/saved-in-translation/story-e6frg8h6-1226713438361</a><br>
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