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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9.8pt">Dear all,
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9.8pt">Just to let you all know
that the Linguistic Survey of Nepal (LSN) data forms from the 1980's are now
online and downloadable. The survey field work covered most of the Kiranti
languages spoken in the eastern parts of Nepal; the goal was to get basic data
from each VDC (Village Development Committee). There are data forms from 32
languages altogether and other than Kiranti languages, there is also some data
forms from Newar, Meitei (Manipuri), Meche and Danuwar.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9.8pt">There are four kinds of
data forms: </FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Word lists: 400+ lexical items</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Morphology and syntax: 150+
sentences</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Verb paradigms: 100+ sentences</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Verb morphology (2 questionnaires): 290 verbs (some
basic sentences included)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9.8pt">The web site is still
waiting to be moved to the final web location. </FONT></FONT><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.8pt"><FONT face=Arial>The temporary web location is at:
<U><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext style='href: "http://nepaknol.org.np/cnas/"'
moz-do-not-send="true">http://nepaknol.org.np/cnas/</A></U><BR>The intended
final location is <U><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext
style='href: "http://elibrary.cnastu.edu.np/"'
moz-do-not-send="true">http://elibrary.cnastu.edu.np/</A></U>, a link to it will
be added on the <I>Publications</I> menu on the current CNAS web site (<U><A
class=moz-txt-link-freetext style='href: "http://cnastu.edu.np/"'
moz-do-not-send="true">http://cnastu.edu.np/</A></U>).<BR><BR></FONT></FONT><FONT
face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9.8pt">Two notes: </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9.8pt">If you do not enter any
search criteria, and click <U><I>Search</I></U> you will get a list of all the
publications by CNAS. </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=moz-forward-container><FONT face=Arial><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.8pt">The surveys data forms are filed as
<U><I>Questionnaires</I></U> and can be filtered by <U><I>Language</I></U> and
<I><U>District</U></I> in the <I>Simple Search</I><I>.</I> </FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Happy searching!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Mari-Sisko</FONT></DIV>
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