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Four years ago, an e-mail was posted (below), requesting the sign language linguistic community to provide feedback to Ethnologue so that the sign language data could be updated. <BR>
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The Ethnologue website states: <BR>
"If you have corrections or updates to the content of the <I>Ethnologue,</I> please write to the <A href="http://www.ethnologue.com/info.asp#ethno_ed"><FONT color=#0066cc>Ethnologue Editor</FONT></A>."<BR>
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The Ethnologue editor, according to the website, may be contacted by writing to: <BR>
Editor, <I>Ethnologue</I><BR>c/o International Linguistics Center<BR>7500 West Camp Wisdom Road<BR>Dallas, Texas 75236 USA<BR>
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or by e-mail: <A title="Email the Ethnologue editor" href="mailto:Editor_Ethnologue@sil.org?subject=ethnologue.com"><FONT color=#0066cc>Ethnologue Editor</FONT></A> (which I understand to be <A href="mailto:Ethnologue@sil.org">Editor(underscore)Ethnologue@sil.org</A>).<BR>
(that is, Editor_Ethonologue "at" sil.org)<BR>
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Thank you.<BR>
Kathy Hansen<BR>
<BR><BR>> From: albert_bickford@SIL.ORG<BR>> To: slling-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu<BR>> Subject: [slling-l] signed languages in the Ethnologue<BR>> Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 12:36:53 -0700<BR>> <BR>> Dear colleagues:<BR>> <BR>> SIL's Ethnologue (www.ethnologue.com) is an attempt to list all the world's<BR>> languages, and since the 1988 edition, signed languages have been included.<BR>> At TISLR 8, I became aware that there are ongoing concerns among sign<BR>> language researchers about the quality of this information.<BR>> <BR>> In a resource of this sort, the quality of information can vary widely from<BR>> one language to the next. The Ethnologue depends heavily on input from<BR>> people who have first-hand and reliable knowledge about individual<BR>> languages. The readers of this list certainly fall in this category, and so<BR>> I would like to encourage people to check the Ethnologue listings for the<BR>> signed languages you know something about. You can find a<BR>> complete list of all the signed languages currently in the Ethnologue at<BR>> http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=1.<BR>> (The Ethnologue uses the designation "Deaf sign languages" to distinguish<BR>> these languages from artificial signing systems.)<BR>> <BR>> If you have comments, additions, or corrections, please contact the new<BR>> Ethnologue editor, Paul Lewis, by means of the feedback form on the<BR>> Ethnologue website:<BR>> http://www.ethnologue.com/ethno_docs/feedback.asp<BR>> Be sure to identify who you are and the basis for your comments, such as the<BR>> type of experience you've had with the language, any published sources, etc.<BR>> <BR>> If you've submitted feedback in the past, but it hasn't yet appeared on the<BR>> website, it may just be because the site is only updated when a new print<BR>> edition is published. (This happens about once every four years, but SIL is<BR>> working on a system so that eventually, the website can be updated more <BR>> frequently.) The 15th edition, edited by Ray Gordon, is currently in press, <BR>> but due to lack of personnel, it is not clear when it will be posted on the <BR>> website. I'll try and remember to announce when this happens, so if you <BR>> submitted changes that were incorporated in the 15th edition, you can see <BR>> how they came out and submit further corrections or clarifications then. In <BR>> the meantime, please feel free to contribute any information at any time, <BR>> and it will be incorporated in the next edition.<BR>> <BR>> Albert Bickford<BR>> SIL-International<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> To unsubscribe: send mail to <majordomo@majordomo.valenciacc.edu><BR>> with "unsubscribe slling-l" in the body of the message.<BR>> -----------------------------------------------------------------<BR>> Hosted by Valencia Community College, Orlando, FL<BR>> http://valenciacc.edu<BR>> <BR>> <BR><BR><br /><hr />Color coding for safety: Windows Live Hotmail alerts you to suspicious email. <a href='http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_safety_112008' target='_new'>Sign up today.</a></body>
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