<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Linguistic Anthropology</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:groups-noreply@linkedin.com">groups-noreply@linkedin.com</a>></span><br>Date: Sun, Apr 10, 2016 at 8:46 AM<br>Subject: My latest carving: Ainu<br><br><br><br><u></u>          <div style="background-color:#dfdfdf;padding:0;margin:0 auto;width:100%"> <span style="display:none!important;font-size:1px;color:transparent;min-height:0;width:0">My latest carving is in Ainu, a minority language of northern Japan. Thanks to Ivan Brenes for making me aware of the Ainu and sending me text to carve. For the full story about the Ainu, check out <a href="http://timbrookesinc.com/endangeredalphabets/2016/04/ainu-a-minority-of-northern-japan/" target="_blank">http://timbrookesinc.com/endangeredalphabets/2016/04/ainu-a-minority-of-northern-japan/</a>. Please share this.</span> <table style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;border-collapse:collapse;width:100%!important;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0;padding:0" width="100%" bgcolor="#DFDFDF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="3"> <table style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif" width="1" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <div style="min-height:5px;font-size:5px;line-height:5px">   </div></td> </tr> </tbody> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <table style="table-layout:fixed" width="100%" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center"> <table style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;min-width:290px" width="600" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> <table width="1" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <div style="min-height:8px;font-size:8px;line-height:8px">   </div></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif" width="100%" bgcolor="#DDDDDD" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td height="21" valign="middle" width="95" align="left"><a style="text-decoration:none;border:none;display:block;min-height:21px;width:100%" href="https://www.linkedin.com/comm/nhome/?midToken=AQEu0ScrbW8WwA&trk=eml-b2_anet_digest_weekly-null-4-null&trkEmail=eml-b2_anet_digest_weekly-null-4-null-null-1djx05%7Eimukcu0p%7Elq" target="_blank"><img src="https://static.licdn.com/scds/common/u/images/email/logos/logo_linkedin_tm_email_95x21_v1.png" alt="LinkedIn" style="border:none;text-decoration:none" height="21" width="95"></a></td> <td width="15"> <table width="15" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <div style="min-height:0px;font-size:0px;line-height:0px">   </div></td> </tr> </tbody> </table></td> <td valign="bottom"><span style="color:#666666;font-size:16px">Groups</span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table width="1" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <div style="min-height:8px;font-size:8px;line-height:8px">   </div></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif" width="100%" bgcolor="#333333" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="20"> <table width="20" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <div style="min-height:0px;font-size:0px;line-height:0px">   </div></td> </tr> </tbody> </table></td> <td width="100%"> <table style="table-layout:fixed" width="560" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="560"> <div style="min-height:12px;font-size:12px;line-height:12px;width:560px">   </div></td> </tr> </tbody> </table></td> <td width="20"> <table width="20" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <div style="min-height:0px;font-size:0px;line-height:0px">   </div></td> </tr> </tbody> </table></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <table style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;background:#eeeeee;border-left:1px solid #cecece;border-right:1px solid #cecece" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <table width="1" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <div style="min-height:10px;font-size:10px;line-height:10px">   </div></td> </tr> </tbody> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <table style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="20"> <table width="20" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <div style="min-height:0px;font-size:0px;line-height:0px">   </div></td> </tr> </tbody> </table></td> <td height="50" width="100"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/comm/groups/1397077?midToken=AQEu0ScrbW8WwA&trk=eml-b2_anet_digest_weekly-hero-6-groupPost%7EmostPopular&trkEmail=eml-b2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