[lg policy] Fwd: Google Alert - language policy
Brookes, Tim
brookes at champlain.edu
Fri Jun 30 14:40:04 UTC 2017
The World’s Endangered Alphabets
Dear language friends:
The other day, at a conference, someone asked me, "So which alphabets *are*
endangered? Do you have a list?" Which stopped me in my tracks because I
know which alphabets I've carved, and which I know I'd like to carve, but
as far as I know there's no catalogue of endangered writing systems. So we
should create one.
I say "we" because I'm constantly reminded how little I know, and how this
field is changing and the definitions are flexible. I'd like to offer two
things: a first-draft list of endangered writing systems for you all to add
to, edit, or subtract from; and a first-draft definition of "endangered."
Both are pretty volatile subjects, so let's head into this in a spirit of
collaboration!
I guess we should start with the definition, though this may in fact be the
more difficult of the two. The way I think of an endangered writing system,
it includes at least some of these qualities:
1. Originally created/developed/adapted for general use, not only for
the purposes of fiction/film/TV
2. Once in general use by at least a significant minority of the
population
3. Not extinct—that is, still in use by some percentage of the
population, even if only in a specialized context (such as for
spiritual/sacred purposes)
4. No longer generally taught in schools
5. Lacking official status in the eyes of the government
6. Facing a clear and present danger from some cultural, military,
political or economic threat that has the capacity to marginalize it within
two generations
7. Having certain distinct qualities that make it different from other
members of the same language family
Please by all means suggest edits!
Now here’s my list of endangered alphabets, derived largely from Omniglot,
though I must stress I know very little about many of these
languages/writing systems, and I’m sure there are others I don’t know.
That’s why I’m reaching out to you!
Ahom
Arakanese
Assyrian/Neo-Aramaic
Bagatha
Balinese
Bamum/Shupamom
Bassa Vah
Batak
Bats
Baybayin
Berber/Tifinagh/Tamazight
Bilang-Bilang
Bugis/Lontara
Buhid
Chakma
Cham (Eastern and Western)
Cherokee
Chu-Nom
Cree
Dene Syllabics (Carrier)
Eskayan
Glagolitic
Grantha
Hanuno’o
Inuktitut
Javanese
Kalmyk
Kawi
Khojki
Kpelle
Kulitan
Lampung
Lanna (Northern Thai)
(Loma)
Makasar
Maldivian/Thaana
Manchu
Mandaic
Manipuri
Marma
(Mende/Kikakui)
Mongolian
Mro
Naxi/Dongba
New Tai Lue
N’Ko
Nushu
Pauauh Hmong
Rejang/Bengkulu/Satera Jontal/Lembak/Lintang/Lebong/Serawai/Kaganga
Samaritan
Sorang Sompeng
Sui
Sundanese
Sylheti/Syloti-Nagri
Syriac
Tai Dam
Vai
Wolof/Garay
Yi
Thanks!
Tim Brookes
www.endangeredalphabets.com
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