<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Dear friends and colleagues:<div>I'm in the process of researching/designing/fundraising for an Atlas of Endangered Alphabets, and I could use your help.</div><div>As you know all too well, it's often extremely difficult to find out (especially from a distance) whether or to what extent a particular language or script is still in use. I'd love to hear from anyone who has any information on the current state of any of these scripts:<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Minion Pro""><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Minion Pro"">Akagu (Nigeria)<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Minion Pro"">Bambara (Mali et al)<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Minion Pro"">Bete (Cote d’Ivoire)<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Minion Pro"">Darai (Nepal)<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Minion Pro"">Gadabuursi (Somalia)<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Minion Pro"">Garay (Senegal)<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Minion Pro"">Kaddariya (Somalia)<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Minion Pro"">Kpelle (Liberia/Guinea)<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Minion Pro"">Kurukh Banna (India)<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Minion Pro"">Loma (Liberia/Guinea)<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Minion Pro"">Ndebe (Nigeria)<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Minion Pro"">Nwagu Aneke (Nigeria)<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Minion Pro"">Oromo (Ethiopia/Kenya)<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Minion Pro"">Osmanya (Somalia)<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Minion Pro"">Raina Kama (Nigeria)<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Minion Pro"">Salifou (Niger)<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Minion Pro"">Sasak (Indonesia)<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Minion Pro"">Tafi (Nigeria)<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Minion Pro"">Tolong Siki (India)<span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Minion Pro""><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Minion Pro"">Thanks very much.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Minion Pro"">Tim Brookes</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Minion Pro"">The Endangered Alphabets Project</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Minion Pro""><a href="http://www.endangeredalphabets.com">www.endangeredalphabets.com</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="Minion Pro"><span style="font-size:16px"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/tim.brookes.92">https://www.facebook.com/tim.brookes.92</a></span></font><br></p>
</div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 6:57 AM, Dave Sayers <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dave.sayers@cantab.net" target="_blank">dave.sayers@cantab.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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announce that the programme for UK Language Policy After
Brexit 2018 (10 Sept, University of Edinburgh) is now
finalised. All are welcome to attend. Please register
via the website:
<a class="m_-1118622734125578292moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://sites.google.com/view/uklpab/2018" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/view/<wbr>uklpab/2018</a>.<br>
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Professor Colin Williams, Cardiff University, <i>‘Conviction
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sinn toilichte ri ràdh gu bheil an clàr-àma a-nis deiseil
airson na colabhairt ‘Poileasaidh Cànain san Rìoghachd
Aonaichte às dèidh Bhrexit 2018’, a thèid a chumail air
10mh Sultain aig Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann. Bidh fàilte bhlàth
ron a h-uile duine. Clàraich tron eadar-lìn againn:
<a class="m_-1118622734125578292moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://sites.google.com/view/uklpab/2018" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/view/<wbr>uklpab/2018</a>.<br>
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t-Ollamh Colin Williams, Oilthigh Chardiff, <i>‘Conviction
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Leis gach deagh dhùrachd,<br>
Dave<br>
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Communications Secretary, BAAL Language Policy group | <a class="m_-1118622734125578292moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.langpol.ac.uk" target="_blank">www.langpol.ac.uk</a><br>
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