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<DIV><TT><SPAN class=109232023-01082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Dear
Don,</FONT></SPAN></TT></DIV>
<DIV><TT><SPAN class=109232023-01082004><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN></TT> </DIV>
<DIV><TT><SPAN class=109232023-01082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>You might
want to get in touch with Gérard Dumestre, from the Sorbonne in
Paris.</FONT></SPAN></TT></DIV>
<DIV><TT><SPAN class=109232023-01082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>He is a
specialist in Bambara dictionary-making. I can also highly recommend
his</FONT></SPAN></TT></DIV>
<DIV><TT><SPAN class=109232023-01082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>recently
published "Grammaire fondamentale du bambara" (Editions Karthala,
Paris).</FONT></SPAN></TT></DIV>
<DIV><TT><SPAN class=109232023-01082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>The
chapters on word formation in this book are especially helpful for
starting</FONT></SPAN></TT></DIV>
<DIV><TT><SPAN class=109232023-01082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>your
lexicon.</FONT></SPAN></TT></DIV>
<DIV><TT><SPAN class=109232023-01082004><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN></TT> </DIV>
<DIV><TT><SPAN class=109232023-01082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Fritz
Goerling</FONT></SPAN></TT></DIV>
<DIV><TT><SPAN class=109232023-01082004><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN></TT> </DIV>
<DIV><TT><SPAN class=109232023-01082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Don
Osborn wrote:</FONT></SPAN></TT></DIV>
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<DIV><TT><SPAN class=109232023-01082004> </SPAN><BR>Currently I'm hoping
to put together Bambara <-> Chinese wordlists or <BR>a small lexicon,
something I experimented a bit with a few years ago <BR>but did not have time,
means, or sufficient knowledge of Chinese to <BR>follow through with. Now I
think I have enough to get a basic project <BR>launched and completed (with
some collaboration).<BR><BR><BR><BR></DIV></TT></BLOCKQUOTE><!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| -->
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