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<div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-unicode"> <span
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lang="EN-US">The
Foundation for Endangered Languages: Tenth Conference in association
with the
Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore, India. 25-27 October
2006.<br>
<br>
Registration is now open, <br>
<small>through downloadable forms which can be found at<br>
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and at</small><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><small><small><small><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none;"
lang="EN-US"><small>For most, there is <b>10% discount</b> for
registration (with payment) <b>by 10 September</b>. <br>
</small></span></small></small></small>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Details of the
programme, including abstracts of accepted papers, <br>
and the deal offered to attendees, including visits to linguistic sites
at CIIL, and local excursions, can found at<br>
<small><small><small><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none;"
lang="EN-US"><small><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ciil.org/Main/Announcement/Abstracts">http://www.ciil.org/Main/Announcement/Abstracts</a><br>
</small></span></small></small></small></p>
The Foundation for
Endangered
Languages, in association with the Central Institute of Indian
Languages, will
hold its annual 2006 conference in India, home of more than a thousand
languages and dialects, and a consciously multilingual policy stance by
the Government of India. Although many of these languages enjoy
political and
economic patronage, others are struggling to survive. Among these
strugglers are the languages of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, where
communities are not only
tiny, but also some of the most anciently independent tribes on the
planet. The
viability of many such small languages is threatened.<br>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">This year's
conference concerns the effects of multilingualism on smaller
languages. A crucial question for this
conference is how far poorly-conceived language planning policies may
actually
contribute to environmental imbalance and instability, dangers that are
often
very little understood. As we understand the effort to revitalize
languages, this is no more than the
support they need to develop in the face of new demands, including the
increased
bi- and multi-lingualism coming from globalization, urbanization and
language
contact. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">‘<b style="">Vital
Voices’</b> refers to the growing awareness that the survival and
development of endangered languages are necessary for humanity’s
future,
however endangered they may look amidst the statistics generated for
policy in
our globalized economy.<br>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The programme will
include a keynote lecture by Professor Lachman Khubchandani: <br>
</p>
<div>LANGUAGES THREATENED IN A PLURAL FRAMEWORK: Dialectics of Speech
Variation and Globalization<br>
<br>
Different sessions, with some 30 talks over three days, will focus on:
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Outlining the Danger<br>
Development and Changes<br>
Effects of Contact<br>
Roles for Religion<br>
Literacy Choices & Documentation<br>
Extreme Endangerment<o:p></o:p><br>
Majority-Minority Relationships<br>
Emerging Complexity<br>
Cooperation with Neighbour Languages<br>
Community Response for Language Support<br>
</span></p>
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<h2><span lang="EN-US">The Conference Venue</span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman";" lang="EN-US">The <b>Central
Institute of Indian
Languages</b>, Mysore, (CIIL) was set up by the Government of India in
July
1969. It is a large institute with seven regional centers spread all
over
India, and is engaged in research and training in Indian languages
other than
English and Hindi. It helps to evolve and implement India’s language
policy and
coordinate the development of Indian languages.<b style=""> Mysore </b>is
a city in the Southern <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India"><span
style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Indian</span></a>
state of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnataka"><span
style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Karnataka</span></a>.
The former
capital of the princely state of Mysore, ruled by the Wodeyar dynasty
since the
14th century, it is now the administrative seat of <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysore_District"><span
style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Mysore District</span></a>,
the
second largest in Karnataka, 135 <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilometre"><span
style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">km</span></a> from <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore"><span
style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Bangalore</span></a>,
the state
capital. <span style="">The city is known for its
palaces </span>and many other attractions. One of these </span><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">is the
Brindavan Gardens laid out beside the Krishnarajasagar dam (19km),
particularly
beautiful at night. There are also the Royal Palace, the Chamundi
Hills,
Srirangapatnam Temple, Ranganthittu Bird Sanctuary, Oriental Research
Institute, and Museums of Folklore, and of Art and Archeology. The
conference dates
(25-27 October) will allow participants, if they wish, to witness
Diwali (the
festival of lights) on 23 October before coming to Mysore. A
language-related
excursion is planned for 28-29 October after the conference.</span><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman";" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2><span lang="EN-US">Transport</span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bus</span></b><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">: Mysore has inter-city and
sub-urban
public bus transportation. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rail</span></b><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">: Mysore is connected to <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore"><span
style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Bangalore</span></a>
to the northeast
via <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandya"><span
style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Mandya</span></a>,
and to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassan"><span
style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Hassan</span></a> to
the northwest,
to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamarajanagar"><span
style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Chamarajanagar</span></a>
via <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanjangud"><span
style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Nanjangud</span></a>
to the
southeast.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Air</span></b><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">: The nearest accessible
airport is at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore"><span
style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Bangalore</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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