VYAKARAN: South Asian Languages and Linguistics Net
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Dear John,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> Greetings from <st1:place w:st="on">Hong
Kong</st1:place>! My name is Eugene Chan, I have been doing a long-term
project on numeral systems and counting concepts. I remembering corresponding
with you some years ago.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> I am now still working with Prof.
Bernard Comrie on documentations of numeral systems <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>of languages in the world, with special attentions on
endangered numeral systems, as traditional numeral systems of small languages
are susceptible to be replaced by <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>dominant languages. I have built up a website hosted by the
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Leipzig</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region></st1:place>
and I will share all the data in due course to promote the research of small
languages and raise the awareness of endangered numeral systems. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> Today, I am glad to see your
website again and it have added a lot of new information now. Congratulations! <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> Below is the website hosted by MPI
and I am attaching a file to help you view the site properly. However, as the
site is still under construction and there are still some typos need to check,
so please kindly DON’T copy or link the pages.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> <a href="http://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/numeral/" target=1
title="http://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/numeral/">http://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/numeral/</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:15.0pt'><font size=4 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>If time
permits, would you please kindly forward my website to colleagues working on
small languages in <st1:place w:st="on">South Asia</st1:place> ? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> Thank you very much in advance for your support.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> With best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:15.0pt'><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on"><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>Eugene</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font size=4 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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